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Age-Related Asynchrony of Knowledge and Action.
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Zelazo, Philip David; Reznick, J. Stephen – Child Development, 1991
The ability of 31- to 36-month-old children to act in accordance with rules was assessed in 2 slightly different experiments using sorting tasks and knowledge tasks. Taken together, the results of both experiments imply a relatively rapid, age-related change culminating in the ability to systematically execute rules that require access to extant…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Information Processing
Information Search by Preschool Children Induced Use of Categories and Category Hierarchies
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Nelson, Keith E.; Earl, Nancy – Child Development, 1973
This study examined a category-induction'' manipulation which focused the attention of 40 preschoolers on categories through discussion and through spatial arrangement of items. This manipulation induced children's use of category questions. (ST)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Information Processing
A Conceptual Analysis of Immanent Justice Responses in Children.
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Karnoil, Rachel – Child Development, 1980
Reports an attempt to test two interpretations of immanent justice responses as causal attributions rather than as moral judgments. Finds older children use causal chains to explain contiguity between misdeed and adversity. Data were interpreted as consistent with an information-processing model of immanent justice responses. (RMH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Children, Cognitive Ability
Perceptual Salience and Children's Multidimensional Problem Solving
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Odom, Richard D.; Corbin, David W. – Child Development, 1973
Uni- and multidimensional processing of 6- to 9-year olds was studied using recall tasks in which an array of stimuli was reconstructed to match a model array. Results indicated that both age groups were able to solve multidimensional problems, but that solution rate was retarded by the unidimensional processing of highly salient dimensions.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Dimensional Preference, Elementary School Students, Information Processing
Modification of Information Processing of Impulsive Children
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Zelniker, Tamar; Oppenheimer, Louis – Child Development, 1973
Examines the effect of different training methods on perceptual learning of impulsive children. A matching to sample method (M), and a differentiation method (D) were used. Data indicated that Ss receiving D training learned to process features distinguishing stimuli; whereas, Ss receiving M training showed no preference for a particular mode of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Conceptual Tempo, Information Processing
Functional Measurement of Children's Judgments
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Butzin, Clifford A.; Anderson, Norman H. – Child Development, 1973
Suggests that the information integration processes used by adults to form judgments are also used by children. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students
Children's Use of Prototypes in Pattern Classification
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Drummond, Thomas B.; And Others – Child Development, 1973
In a schematic concept formation task, second and fifth graders were required to sort 60 computer-generated, 8-sided polygons into two classes. The results indicated that age differences in schematic concept formation are due more to the efficiency of information use than to differences in strategy or the selection of information to be used. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation