Table 2.
Mean frequency, standard deviation, and percentages of choices in each task, language, and age.
| Chinese | German | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxonomic | Shape | Thematic | Taxonomic | Shape | Thematic | |
| EXP1: NON-LEXICAL | ||||||
| 3-Year | 31.8% (18.8) | 52.6%* (21.8) | 16.7%* (11.3) | 42.8% (17.8) | 25.6% (13.5) | 33.3% (18.7) |
| 5-Year | 15.6%* (22.9) | 47.4% (40.2) | 37.0% (39.5) | 19.4%* (21.1) | 17.8% (26.1) | 62.8%* (35.2) |
| EXP2: LABEL EXT. | ||||||
| 3-Year | 28.2% (16.5) | 63.4%* (20.3) | 8.3%* (12.5) | 27.8% (24.5) | 57.8%* (20.8) | 14.4%* (14.9) |
| 5-Year | 27.9% (24.5) | 61.3%* (32.0) | 10.8%* (14.7) | 32.2% (17.8) | 56.7%* (20.8) | 11.1%* (14.9) |
| EXP3: PROPERTY IND. | ||||||
| 3-Year | 41.7% (26.9) | 37.5% (29.3) | 20.8%+ (20.2) | 41.7% (19.9) | 34.4% (19.1) | 23.9% (17.5) |
| 5-Year | 64.1%* (18.2) | 27.6% (20.4) | 8.3%* (8.1) | 65.0%* (20.7) | 18.3%* (20.7) | 18.9%* (13.7) |
T-tests have been conducted to test whether the rate of a particular choice is significant different from chance level.
*Denotes significantly different from chance level, p < 0.05 (based on Bonferroni adjusted probabilities).
+Denotes marginally different from chance level, p < 0.1 (based on Bonferroni adjusted probabilities).