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Daehler, Marvin W.; Bukatko, Danuta – Child Development, 1974
Discrimination learning studied in 3-year-olds, indicated that children over 30 months of age did better than younger children, and girls learned faster than boys after the first problem. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Learning, Perceptual Development

Gelman, Susan A.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Tests the distinction between inferring new categories on the basis of property information (predicted to be difficult) and inferring new properties on the basis of category information (predicted to be easier) among 57 preschool children. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Inferences

Cohen, Sarale E. – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Stimuli, Developmental Psychology, Eye Fixations

Taylor, Marianne G. – Child Development, 1996
Examined children's beliefs about the origins of gender differences and age-related changes in these beliefs. Findings suggested that young children may have an early bias to view gender categories as predictive of essential, underlying similarities between members but later come to acknowledge the role of other causal mechanisms in shaping how…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beliefs, Biological Influences, Childhood Attitudes