Citation

Hashima PY, Barton K, Steward MS. Percept. Mot. Skills 1988; 67(3): 683-690.

Affiliation

Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis 95616.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3226816

Abstract

This study examined 40 preschool children's understanding of the word touch. 24 drawings were presented one at a time to each child, and the children were instructed to describe each of the drawings and to classify them into drawings portraying touch or drawings showing no touch. 20 undergraduates were also interviewed. The same procedure was used, but in addition the undergraduates were asked to predict how preschool-age children would do on the same task. The results showed several ways in which the children's understanding of the word touch differed from that of an adult.

Language: en