Understanding Of Number Meanings

Question 1

Richardson 1998

Answer 1

Habituation curve

Question 2

Starkey & Cooper 1990

Answer 2

Infants show habituation to different numbers of dots

Question 3

Starkey et al. 1990

Answer 3

Habituate to number of items, not perceptual attributes

Question 4

Antell & Keating 1983

Answer 4

Newborns (53 hours) habituation effects

Question 5

Feigenson et al. 2002

Answer 5

More vs. less choice 3 vs. 4

Question 6

Wynn 1992

Answer 6

1+1 = 1 creates preference

Question 7

Haith 1998

Answer 7

Familiarisation - can’t infer understanding

Question 8

Clearfield & Westfahl 2006

Answer 8

Replicated Wynn, familiarised impossible event first

Question 9

Feigenson and Carey 2002; 2005

Answer 9

Can’t look for more than 3 hidden objects - innate limited object tracking system

Question 10

Xu & Spelke 1999

Answer 10

Weber faction

Question 11

Dehaene and Changeux 1993

Answer 11

Substitisng computer model ignores shape, size, spatial location

Question 12

Dehaene 1997

Answer 12

Innate imprecise preverbal response for dealing with number

Question 13

Mou & van Marle 2013

Answer 13

ANS and OTS only compete in childhood, but exist throughout lifespan

Question 14

Mix et al. 1996

Answer 14

Quantification initially based on non-numerical cues like contour length

Question 15

Piaget

Answer 15

Concrete operational stage 6/7