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Maurer, Daphne – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1983
Investigates infants' scanning of two compound stimuli by presenting features (either squares or faces) inside a frame, the frame alone, and features alone. The apparent disappearance of external bias at about 21 months appears to apply to the scanning of only some compound figures. For schematic face figures, no external bias was found.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bias, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior
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Taylor, Marjorie; Bacharach, Verne R. – Child Development, 1981
Preschool children were asked to choose the figure most resembling a real man from three figures drawn according to formulas used by children to depict humans. Results suggest development of drawing systems influences children's conceptions about objects or events. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation
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Cronin, Virginia – Journal of the Association for the Study of Perception, 1982
Reports the results of two experiments dealing with children's visual and tactual performance. In the first task, after several presentations of a series, the tactual group made almost errorless discriminations. But with memory demands, tactual performance became poorer than visual performance. Found a large developmental difference. (JAC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning