Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 531-538.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.05.03

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The Two Transformations of An Individual's Object Categorization Tendency with A Lifespan View: The Role of the Living Character and Manipulability of the Materials

LIAO Zongqing, ZHANG Jiayu, SU Yanjie   

  1. Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing 100871
  • Online:2015-09-15 Published:2015-09-15

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Abstract: The current study focused on the developmental trajectory of the object categorization tendency of an individual, and the influence of the categorical content. We recruited subjects from kinder-garden, primary school, middle school, college and middle-aged and elderly groups, each of which has 30 individuals respectively. We recorded their categorization tendency when facing different materials (living/non-living, high/low manipulability). Results showed that (1)there were two transformations of the object categorization tendency during the development. Thematic categorization tendency decreased after children starting school. It reached the lowest point at grade 2. (2)Children would gradually regain their preference towards the thematic categorization after entering secondary school. When the middle school students and undergraduates faced the object categorization task containing animated or highly operable materials, they preferred to use thematic categorization strategy. The results indicate that the contents of the materials play a different role in the development of categorization tendency during one's whole life. These results would help us understand the formation and development of an individual's concept organization.

Key words: thematic relation, taxonomic relation, animated materials, manipulable materials, lifespan development

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  • B844

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