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Peer reviewedMiller, Scott A. – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Reports four experiments focusing on Piaget's claims that conservation and transitivity concepts are experienced as logically necessary truths. Two experiments examined feelings of certainty and necessity in college students presented with Piagetian tasks. Two other experiments extended these procedures to children and the issue of developmental…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Children, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
Peer reviewedJohnson, Carl Nils; Kendrick, Kimberly – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Concepts of body parts and their relationships were assessed in children ages three, four, and five, as well as in adults. Three specific questions were addressed: (1) What do children understand about such "partonomic" relations? (2) Is there an order in the acquisition of partonomic concepts? and (3) Do children exhibit any confusions in their…
Descriptors: Body Image, Cognitive Structures, College Students, Concept Formation
