4.38 Derived Stimulus Relations and Language Development
And finally, the ability to derive stimulus relations first appears in infancy but develops gradually and at about the same time as language skills1. So derived stimulus relations are related to language in several important and very exciting ways. Well, they’re exciting if you’re a psychology or language nerd, anyway.
Derived Stimulus Relations:
Provide a model for understanding the symbolism and generativity of language
Are much easier to demonstrate with language-able humans than with non-human animals
Are correlated with verbal IQ and ability
Develop gradually and at about the same time as language
- Lipkens, G., Hayes, S. C., and Hayes, L. J. (1993). Longitudinal study of derived stimulus relations in an infant. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 56, 201-239.
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