TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1981//
TI  - Interpretation of the spatial prepositions 'in front of' and 'behind'
JO  - International journal of behavioral development
A1  - Cox, M. V.
SP  - 359
EP  - 368
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
N2  - Children aged 4 to 9 years and adults were asked to place a cube or a ball 'in front of or 'behind' a featuredor a nonfeatured-object. Although most children and adults responded on the basis of the inherent features of the object, a significant number of adults responded to the observer orientation cue. As expected, the nonfeatured-object task was difficult for the children, but they did not respond randomly; like the adults, most of them used the observer orientation cue. The results were discussed with reference to an analogy with over-extensions resulting from a child's unfamiliarity with linguistic alternatives, Piaget's theory of the development of spatial concepts, and the preferred explanation of responses determined by a prominent cue masking competing cues.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-0254
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016502548100400304
ID  - ref1
ER  -