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Natural Kind Terms and Children's Ability to Draw Inferences.
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Gelman, Susan A.; Markman, Ellen M. – 1983
An exploratory study probed the extent to which children rely on category membership to guide their inferences. A total of 60 children, 4 years of age, were shown 20 sets of pictures of various animals, plants, and minerals. Each set consisted of representations of three objects having two salient features: perceptual similarity/dissimilarity and…
Descriptors: Classification, Language Processing, Logical Thinking, Preschool Children
Categorization and Memory Retrieval by Three-Month-Olds.
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Hayne, Harlene; And Others – Child Development, 1987
Infants were tested in three studies of the acquisition and long-term retention of category-specific information. Results document retention of category-specific information after intervals of two weeks. (PCB)
Descriptors: Classification, Infants, Learning Processes, Long Term Memory
Classifying Color Materials: Children Are Less Holistic than Adults.
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Ward, Thomas B.; Vela, Edward – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Describes two studies that demonstrate young children's perception of color materials differs from that of adults in two ways: (1) the stimulus dimensions of hue, chroma, and value appear to result in somewhat more separable perception for young children than for adults, and (2) the perceived similarities the color materials are not the same for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, College Students, Color
On Categorization in Early Infancy.
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Quinn, Paul C.; Eimas, Peter D. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1986
Reviews the research literature on the abilities of infants to categorize visual information on dot patterns; schematic faces; hue; and orientation. (HOD)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology
Naturalistic Inquiry: An Example Used in Photographic Research.
McIsaac, Marina Stock – 1984
This study was designed as the first in a series of inquiries to investigate the use of multidimensional scaling techniques for observing and measuring underlying dimensions commonly perceived by viewers. Following a preliminary study to select photographs, 15 university students aged 19 to 45 were presented with stimuli consisting of 34 colored…
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Grouping, College Students, Concept Formation