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| Task Performance | 2 |
| Age Differences | 1 |
| Cognitive Ability | 1 |
| Cultural Differences | 1 |
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Peer reviewedMangan, James – Human Development, 1978
Examines the possible effects of cultural and epistemological factors, such as mythicomagical and empiricoscientific thought, on conservation task performance. (BD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept), Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedPapalia, Diane E. – Human Development, 1972
Although the ability to conserve number held up well with age, quantity conservation performance was generally lower in the subjects over 65 years of age than in the college and adult age groups. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept), Data Analysis
