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The Relationship between the Different Kinds of Vocabulary in Infancy and the Intellectual Abilities in Early Childhood

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2008, 21(1), pp.1~14
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

Lee ji yeon 1 kjkwak 1

1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the different kinds of vocabulary at 18 months and the intellectual ability at 4 years. The total of 46 children (N=46) were participated in this study. MCDI-K assessed the children's vocabulary, which included the nouns, verb, adverb, and predicate completed by their mothers at 18 months. Moreover, K-WPPSI assessed the children's intellectual abilities, which was administrated by the examiner at 4 years. The results are as follow: First, there was a significant correlation between the number of nouns at 18 months and the vocabulary subtest scores at 4 years, and between the number of adverb at 18 months and the maze subtest score at 4 years, respectively. However there was no correlation between the expressive vocabulary and intellectual abilities in their development. Second, children whose expressive vocabulary was delayed in infancy had a lower intellectual ability. The study explored the characteristics of noun and vocabulary spurt.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.