КАТЕГОРИЗАЦИЯ НА СУПЕРОРДИНАТНИ КЛАСОВЕ С ДВУИЗМЕРНИ ОБРАЗИ И ТРИИЗМЕРНИ ОБЕКТИ ПРИ ДЕЦА НА ВЪЗРАСТ ОТ 3 ДО 4 ГОДИНИ
CATEGORISATION AT A "SUPERORDINATE" LEVEL WITH TWODIMENSIONAL PICTURES AND THREEDIMENSIONAL OBJECTS OF THE 3- TO 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we present two experiments with free classification method studying 3-to 4-year-old children's ability to form categories at global or "superordinate" level of visual representation of objects and pictures. For this purpose we use 2-dimensional images (pictures of objects) and 3-dimensional images (models of real objects). We present 4 categories items — fruits, animals, furniture and vehicles — all of them are familiar objects for children. In the first experiment, 10 children were tested with 2-dimensional images of objects in first session and after 10 days in second session they were tested within 3-dimensional models too. In Experiment 2, other 13 children were tested with 2-dimensional images and 3-dimensional models in one session, in the same day (we search priming effect). The results of the two experiments revealed that children can form superordinate classes under similarity features, but this is very individual process and in second experiment the children classify 2-dimensional images under color similarity and it suggests that they have not complete internal representation of these images. When were presented 3-dimensional models, the priming effect supported children to form global categories. Analyses of results show that 3- and 4-year-old children associate different images and models of the objects with home.

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