�Every culture has a wealth of symbols and symbol systems that support cognition and communication, and all children must master a variety of symbolic artifacts to participate fully in their society.� They begin to do so very early in life, but there are many challenges in the course of achieving effective and appropriate symbol use.� One is gaining a mature appreciation of the nature of symbol-referent relations.� I will describe three cases in which infants and young children blur the distinction between symbols and their referents.� The three cases involve treating symbolic artifacts (models, pictures, and replica objects) as if they were their referents.
Event Details
The Pygmalion Problem and Early Symbol Use
- Event Date: February 10, 2004
- Event Start Time: 1:00 PM
- Event End Time: 2:00 PM
- Event Location: Department of Psychology, University of Virginia
- Event Type: Talks: RuCCS Colloquia
- Event Semester: Spring 2004
- Event Contact: Dr. Judy DeLoache
- Event Extra info: Dr. Judy DeLoache