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Perceptual Sensitivity, Integral Perception, and the Similarity Classifications of Preschool Children and Adults.
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Odom, Richard D.; Cook, Gregory L. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Assesses preschoolers' and adults' relative ability to solve classification problems in which a similarity criterion is the only criterion appropriate for solution. Also investigates effects of the salience of individual dimensions on solution-relevant similarity classifications. (AS)
Descriptors: Classification, Developmental Stages, Perceptual Development, Pictorial Stimuli
Perceptual Sensitivity to Dimensional and Similarity Relations in Free and Rule-Governed Classifications.
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Cook, Gregory L.; Odom, Richard D. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1988
Two experiments investigated perceptual primacy of dimensional and similarity relations in stimulus classifications of younger and older subjects. Results support a differential-sensitivity view of perceptual development which asserts that individuals at all ages primarily perceive and use separate relations. (RWB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Comparative Testing, Early Childhood Education