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Olofson, Eric L.; Baldwin, Dare – Cognition, 2011
We investigated infants' ability to recognize the similarity between observed and implied goals when actions differed in surface-level motion details. In two experiments, 10- to 12-month-olds were habituated to an actor manipulating an object and then shown test actions in which the actor contacted the object with a novel hand configuration that…
Descriptors: Infants, Motion, Object Manipulation, Experiments
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MacLeod, Colin M.; And Others – Intelligence, 1986
Field dependence and spatial ability are examined as different labels for a common underlying dimension. Sixty college students completed two tests of field dependence and two tests of spatial ability. Results of an analysis of covariance found no evidence to view the two traits as distinct from each other. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Testing, Correlation, Field Dependence Independence
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Cook, Gregory L.; Odom, Richard D. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1988
Two experiments investigated perceptual primacy of dimensional and similarity relations in stimulus classifications of younger and older subjects. Results support a differential-sensitivity view of perceptual development which asserts that individuals at all ages primarily perceive and use separate relations. (RWB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Comparative Testing, Early Childhood Education
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Nelson, Peggy; Kohnert, Kathryn; Sabur, Sabina; Shaw, Daniel – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2005
Purpose: Two studies were conducted to investigate the effects of classroom noise on attention and speech perception in native Spanish-speaking second graders learning English as their second language (L2) as compared to English-only-speaking (EO) peers. Method: Study 1 measured children's on-task behavior during instructional activities with and…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Second Language Learning, Attention, Speech