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Madole, Kelly L.; Oakes, Lisa M. – Developmental Review, 1999
Demonstrates the need for a process-oriented, constructivist approach to understanding infants' categorization abilities. Suggests that emphasizing the distinction between perceptual and conceptual categorization has been an obstacle to forging an approach. Proposes a more microanalytic consideration of features available to infants at different…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes