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Peer reviewedNelson, Charles A.; And Others – Child Development, 1979
Three experiments investigated seven-month-old infants' ability to discriminate the facial expressions of happiness and fear. (CM)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Emotional Response, Fear, Generalization
Peer reviewedWelder, Andrea N.; Graham, Susan A. – Child Development, 2001
Examined influence of object labels and shape similarity on 16- to 21-month-olds' inferences. Found that infants generalized non-obvious property of unlabeled objects to test objects with highly similar shapes. For objects labeled with novel nouns, infants relied on shape similarity and shared labels to generalize properties. For objects labeled…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Generalization, Induction, Infants
Peer reviewedRosenthal, Ted L.; Zimmerman, Barry J. – Child Development, 1973
Degree of organization in presenting stimuli, and training through modeling versus guided practice, were studied on a dial-reading concept using 144 third or fifth graders. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Generalization
