A Developmental Lexical Bias in the Interpretation of Discrepant Messages
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Abstract
Children's interpretations of lexical and vocal cues to speaker affect, independently and in combination, were examined in four studies. In Experiments 1 and 2, 7- to 11-year-olds' judgments of lexical and paralinguistic cues were evaluated. In Experiment 3, these cues were combined to produce consistent and discrepant messages. The affective interpretations of 7- to 10-year-olds reflected a weighted-averaging strategy favoring the affect conveyed lexically. In Experiment 4, the developmental trajectory of children's interpretations of discrepancy from 4 to 10 years of age was investigated. Both 4- and 7-year-olds appeared to use a weighted-averaging strategy favoring lexical content, whereas 10-year-olds utilized a strategy favoring paralanguage.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v. 46, issue 2, p. 342-369
Scholar Commons Citation
Friend, Margaret and Bryant, Judith B., "A Developmental Lexical Bias in the Interpretation of Discrepant Messages" (2000). Psychology Faculty Publications. 1230.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/1230
