Lecture 9 - Symbolic Number

Question 1

What were Gelman & Gallistel’s (1978) counting principles?

Answer 1

• The one-to-one principle
• The stable order principle
• The Cardinal principle
• The abstraction principle
• The order-irrelevance principle

Question 2

What is the one-to-one principle according to Gelman & Gallistel (1978)?

Answer 2

All items are counted, and each item receives one number only.

Question 3

What is the stable order principle according to Gelman & Gallistel (1978)?

Answer 3

Even when children do not get the standard number sequence correct, they are consistent in the order they use.

Question 4

What is the cardinal principle according to Gelman & Gallistel (1978)?

Answer 4

The final number in a counting sequence is the cardinal number of the set.

The last number is often repeated by infants, suggesting they have an implicit understanding of this principle.

Question 5

What is the abstraction principle according to Gelman & Gallistel (1978)?

Answer 5

Counting is independent of the things counted.

Same count sequence applies to whatever it is that is being counted

Question 6

What is the order-irrelevance principle according to Gelman & Gallistel (1978)?

Answer 6

Order in which a set of objects is counted makes no difference.