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Direct linkBadger, Julia R.; Shapiro, Laura R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
We examined whether inductive reasoning development is better characterized by accounts assuming an early category bias versus an early perceptual bias. We trained 264 children aged 3 to 9 years to categorize novel insects using a rule that directly pitted category membership against appearance. This was followed by an induction task with…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Children, Entomology
Peer reviewedTager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Describes three experiments that tested autistic children's nonverbal and verbal categorization abilities. Concludes that autistic children do not suffer a specific cognitive deficit in ability to categorize and form abstract concepts. (HOD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Autism, Classification, Cognitive Ability
