{"pk":29567,"title":"How children learn non-obvious conceptual information from caregivers innaturalistic settings","subtitle":null,"abstract":"A long-standing question in cognitive development asks how young children learn non-obvious conceptual information(i.e., information that is not directly perceptible). For artifacts, this non-obvious information includes the categories itemsfall into (Rhodes, Gelman & Karuza, 2014), and their functions (Matan & Carey, 2001). We investigated how childrenlearn non-obvious information about novel artifacts from their caregivers during naturalistic interactions in a living his-tory museum. Forty caregiver-child dyads (Ages: R=4;22-8;0,Mage=5.98 years) visited two exhibits for 8 minutes each(i.e., a heritage store and house). Using a series of GEEs and correlational analyses, we found caregivers used differentpedagogical techniques to teach their children about different artifact properties. Namely, they used causal (rs=.49,p¡.001)and procedural information (rs=.60,p¡.001) to describe an artifacts function, but used questions (rs=.79,p¡.001) and com-parisons (rs=.64,p¡.001) to discuss an artifacts identity. These patterns are compatible with the broader literature on howchildren learn non-obvious information best (Gelman, 2009).","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Poster Session 1","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0n68113n","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Elizabeth","middle_name":"","last_name":"Attisano","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Waterloo","department":""},{"first_name":"Stephanie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Denison","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Waterloo","department":""},{"first_name":"Shaylene","middle_name":"","last_name":"Nancekivell","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of North Carolina at Greensboro","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2020-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/29567/galley/19427/download/"}]}