Objects, pictures and words. Effects of representational format on 4-year-olds' quantity knowledge/Objetos, imágenes y palabras. Efectos del formato representacional en el conocimiento de la cantidad a los 4 años

SALSA, ANALÍA M.; MARTÍ, EDUARDO

Estudios de Psicología

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2015 vol. 36 p. 71 - 91

0210-9395

This study explores whether and how different external representationsof quantity influence the performance of four-year-old children whenconstructing sets of a given cardinal number. Three representations of quantitywere presented (objects, pictures and number words) in an adaptation of the?Give-a-number? task, in sets that contained 2?6 items. The results show thatthe use of pictures facilitated children?s performance with quantities of threeand four. These results are discussed by analysing the cognitive demands ofrepresentational formats, in terms of dual representation and iconicity, andaccording to the magnitude of the quantities involved. ARTÍCULO PUBLICADO EN FORMA COMPLETA EN INGLÉS Y ESPAÑOL. PUBLICACIÓN INDEXADA EN: Social Sciences Citation Index/Social SciSearch, PsycINFO, Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Latindex, ISOC