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The effects of consonantal specificity, articulatory phonetics and prosody in young infants' lexical acquisition
(University of Plymouth, 2010)
The present study was designed to investigate the role of consonants within word-initial consonantal contrasts, articulatory phonetics (involving place of articulation and voicing features) and prosody in young infants’ ...
Vocabulary acquisition in bilingual children: Are they more delayed in English than their monolingual peers? Does this depend on input of language?
(University of Plymouth, 2011)
The current study investigated the effect of exposure to English on bilingual language acquisition. 18 monolingual and 6 bilingual children, aged between 29 -32 months, took part in standardised language tests measuring ...
Attachment Theory: In search of a relationship between attachment security and preschool children's level of empathy
(University of Plymouth, 2011)
The ability to empathise has frequently been advocated as the driving force behind pro-social behaviour. The tender and nurturing environment inherently provided by mothers of securely attached children, constructs an ...
Mood affective outcomes from alternate learning strategies: cognitive flexibility and dyslexic education
(University of Plymouth, 2012)
It is theorized that persons with dyslexia and associated conditions may be vulnerable to negative wellbeing, alongside academic deficiency, which has been focused on more widely. This study aims to investigate this theory ...
"It's such a battle": A phenomenological account of raising a child on the autistic spectrum - a battle with bureaucracy and behaviour
(University of Plymouth, 2016)
A sharp rise in the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), has led to it becoming one of the most widely researched neurodevelopmental conditions. Although the predominant focus in autism research is child centred, ...
The effects of sharing an experience on social interest in children and young adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and traits of Autistic Spectrum Disorder
(University of Plymouth, 2014)
Sharing an experience is seen to increase liking and create bonds in typical individuals. Individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are typically isolated; they do not to appear have the skills necessary to form ...
Relationship between motivation, attribution and performance expectancy in children's reading
(University of Plymouth, 2016)
The importance of reading engagement and reading attainment in the development of children has been well established in research; however, there is significantly less research into the factors that motivate children to ...
Developmental trajectory of familiar and unfamiliar face recognition in children: evidence in support of experience
(University of Plymouth, 2017)
The ability to recognise faces and where the ability stems from is a much debated topic in psychology. This study sought to replicate Jenkins, White, Van Montfort and Burton’s (2011) simple paradigm to investigate the ...
Reliability of targets in a picture naming task
(University of Plymouth, 2021)
The Words in Game (WinG) test is a tool for assessing language development in children, two versions of this test have been developed, one in Italy (Bello et al., 2012) and one in England (Cattani et al., 2019). The present ...
The relationship between sociodemographic factors and the snacking and drinking behaviours of children aged between 1 and 5 years in early years settings across Plymouth
(University of Plymouth, 2021)
Sugar consumption amongst children continues to sit above the current UK recommendations, contributing to rates of obesity and dental caries in this group. Previous research has focused on children of school age, investigating ...