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Lopez Boo, Florencia – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
This article documents differences in cognitive development, as measured by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), between children from households with high and low socioeconomic status (SES) in two different phases of early childhood in four developing countries. A large number of potential mediators, such as urban residence, preschool…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Preschool Children, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability
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Saarnio, David A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1990
Describes research on memory in preschool children. Each child was studied for scene and list memory. Domain-specific and general knowledge were not found to be strongly related to memory performance. Object typicality did not have a strong effect on memory, but size did. (GH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Knowledge Level, Memory
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Garner, Pamela W.; Curenton, Stephanie M.; Taylor, Kelli – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
Two studies investigated the influence of age, language, and family background on the development of preschoolers' social cognitive skills. Study 1 examined variability in economically disadvantaged preschoolers' understanding of fantasy and evaluated the relation of age and language to children's skill in this area. Children were shown drawings…
Descriptors: Fantasy, Economically Disadvantaged, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Competence