No facet of human development is more crucial than
becoming symbol-minded. To participate fully in any
society, children have to master the symbol systems
that are important in that society. Children today must
learn to use more varieties of symbolic media than ever
before, so it is even more important to understand the
processes involved in symbolic development. Recent
research has greatly expanded what we know about
early symbol use. We have learned, for example, that
infants initially accept a wide range of entities as potential
symbols and that young children are often confused
about the nature of symbol–referent relations. During
the first few years of life, however, children make rapid
progress towards becoming competent symbol users.
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%1 deloache2004bsm
%A DeLoache, Judy S.
%D 2004
%J TRENDS in Cognitive Sciences
%K children cognitive development early learning mythesis psychology symbol years young
%N 2
%T Becoming symbol-minded
%U http://www.faculty.virginia.edu/deloache/becoming-symbol-minded.pdf
%V 8
%X No facet of human development is more crucial than
becoming symbol-minded. To participate fully in any
society, children have to master the symbol systems
that are important in that society. Children today must
learn to use more varieties of symbolic media than ever
before, so it is even more important to understand the
processes involved in symbolic development. Recent
research has greatly expanded what we know about
early symbol use. We have learned, for example, that
infants initially accept a wide range of entities as potential
symbols and that young children are often confused
about the nature of symbol–referent relations. During
the first few years of life, however, children make rapid
progress towards becoming competent symbol users.
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abstract = {No facet of human development is more crucial than
becoming symbol-minded. To participate fully in any
society, children have to master the symbol systems
that are important in that society. Children today must
learn to use more varieties of symbolic media than ever
before, so it is even more important to understand the
processes involved in symbolic development. Recent
research has greatly expanded what we know about
early symbol use. We have learned, for example, that
infants initially accept a wide range of entities as potential
symbols and that young children are often confused
about the nature of symbol–referent relations. During
the first few years of life, however, children make rapid
progress towards becoming competent symbol users.},
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title = {Becoming symbol-minded},
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