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McGurk, Harry – Child Development, 1972
Results indicate that for children in this study's age range orientation is a less salient discriminative cue than either size or color. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Orientation, Preschool Children
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Looft, William R. – Child Development, 1971
Children made age judgments on drawing of human figures, which consisted of adult, adolescent, child, and infant characterizations. (Author)
Descriptors: Age, Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
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Millar, Susanna – Child Development, 1972
Results showed that instructions significantly increased recognition accuracy. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Preschool Children, Recognition, Responses
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Brown, Ann L.; Campione, Joseph C. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Color, Cues, Data Analysis
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Jones-Molfese, Victoria J. – Child Development, 1972
This investigation also studied the relationship between gestational age and preferences for contour. (CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Data Analysis, Dimensional Preference, Eye Fixations
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Miller, Dolores J. – Child Development, 1972
Purpose of this study was to test the adequacy of the serial habituation hypothesis as an account of the infant's perceptual commerce with visual stimuli. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Eye Fixations, Habit Formation, Individual Differences
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Longhurst, Thomas M.; Turnure, James E. – Child Development, 1971
Investigation indicates that perceptual inadequacy must be controlled in studies that utilize ambiguous, novel or nonsense designs in stimulus materials. (Authors)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Discrimination Learning, Perception
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Bosco, James – Child Development, 1972
The data indicated that disadvantaged children required more time to process visual information than did middle-class children, but the processing speed for the 2 groups tended to become more similar as grade level was increased. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students
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Barten, Sybil; Ronch, Judah – Child Development, 1971
Study investigated whether the observed individual differences in visual pursuit endure beyond the neonatal period. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Data Analysis, Eye Fixations, Individual Differences
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Yussen, Steven R. – Child Development, 1972
Results revealed that (1) relevant verbal experience facilitated learning only for preschoolers, (2) irrelevant verbal experience did not interfere with learning, and (3) visual highlighting exerted no significant effects. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Grade 2, Learning Processes