The Specificity of Environmental Influence: Socioeconomic Status Affects Early Vocabulary Development Via Maternal Speech

Hoff, Erika

doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00612

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The Specificity of Environmental Influence: Socioeconomic Status Affects Early Vocabulary Development Via Maternal Speech

Published in Child Development • Sep 12, 2003

Authors:

Erika Hoff

Abstract

The hypothesis was tested that children whose families differ in socioeconomic status (SES) differ in their rates of productive vocabulary development because they have different language-learning experiences. Naturalistic interaction between 33 high-SES and 30 mid-SES mothers and their 2-year-old c...

Subject

Socioeconomic status

Psychology

Developmental psychology

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