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  • Title: Contribution of the priming paradigm to the understanding of the conceptual developmental shift from 5 to 9 years of age.
    Author: Perraudin S, Mounoud P.
    Journal: Dev Sci; 2009 Nov; 12(6):956-77. PubMed ID: 19840051.
    Abstract:
    We conducted three experiments to study the role of instrumental (e.g. knife-bread) and categorical (e.g. cake-bread) relations in the development of conceptual organization with a priming paradigm, by varying the nature of the task (naming--Experiment 1--or categorical decision--Experiments 2 and 3). The participants were 5-, 7- and 9-year-old children and adults. The results showed that on both types of task, adults and 9-year-old children presented instrumental and categorical priming effects, whereas 5-year-old children presented mainly instrumental priming effects, with categorical effects remaining marginal. Moreover, the magnitude of the instrumental priming effects decreased with age. Finally, the priming effects observed for 7-year-old children depended on the task, especially for the categorical effects. The theoretical implications of these results for our understanding of conceptual reorganization from 5 to 9 years of age are discussed.
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