Perceptual Sensitivity, Integral Perception, and the Similarity Classifications of Preschool Children and Adults.

Odom, Richard D.; Cook, Gregory L.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Perceptual Sensitivity, Integral Perception, and the Similarity Classifications of Preschool Children and Adults.

Odom, Richard D.; Cook, Gregory L.

Developmental Psychology, v20 n4 p560-67 Jul 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, Preschool Children, Visual Stimuli, Young Adults

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Language: English

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