Esta investigación examina diferencias evolutivas y por nivel socioeconómico (NSE medio y bajo) en la comprensión y la producción de dibujos figurativos en niños de 30 a 60 meses. Se utilizó una tarea con dos fases, producción (Dibujo Libre y Dibujo con Modelo) y comprensión (Dibujos Propios y Dibujos del Adulto). Los resultados muestran una tendencia evolutiva similar en los dos NSE pero con una marcada asincronía en la edad de aparición de la comprensión simbólica y la producción figurativa. En el NSE medio, los niños comprendieron la relación dibujo-referente desde los 30 meses y produjeron dibujos figurativos desde los 42 meses; en el NSE bajo, la comprensión se observó a los 42 meses y la producción gráfica figurativa recién a los 54–60 meses. Estos resultados se discuten principalmente en función de las posibles relaciones entre NSE y experiencia simbólica en los inicios del simbolismo gráfico.
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