Glossary / Lexicon

Principle of conventionality refers to a pragmatic principle that, by hypothesis, leads children to assume . . . Read More

Pragmatic principle is a principle about how words are used that, by hypothesis, helps children figure . . . Read More

Cooperative Play refers to a play where the players (children and/or adults) plan, assign roles and play . . . Read More

Sociodramatic Play refers to play involving acting out scripts, scenes, and plays adopted from cartoons, . . . Read More

Dimensional Classification refers to an empirically based approach to the Diagnosis and Classification . . . Read More

Hostile attribution bias refers to a tendency to assume that provocation is intentional. It is the tendency . . . Read More

Mutual exclusivity constraint refers to the notion that young children will assume that each object has . . . Read More

Mutual exclusivity bias is defined as a cognitive constraint in which children assume that an object . . . Read More

Mutual-exclusivity assumption is a word-learning constraint according to which children assume that objects . . . Read More

Whole object bias refers to a cognitive constraint in which children assume that a word refers to an . . . Read More