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Developmental Patterns for Children's Class and Conditional Reasoning Abilities
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Roberge, James J.; Paulus, Dieter H. – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Deduction
Temporal Differentiation and Undifferentiation: A Study of the Structure of Indian Adolescents' Perceptions of Time
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Cottle, Thomas J.; Howard, Peter – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1972
Findings of the present inquiry indicate the relevance of cognitive considerations in studies of time perception. (Authors)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Psychology
The Role of Incongruity and Resolution in Children's Appreciation of Cartoon Humor
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Schultz, Thomas R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Two experiments were conducted to test a number of predictions derived from a cognitive theory of humor. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cartoons, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Realistic Use of Color by Children
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Salkind, Neil – Studies in Art Education, 1972
Study sought to provide developmental data about the age at which a child will not only color the same object the same color in a reliable fashion, but will also use the correct color." (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Art, Child Development, Cognitive Processes
Children's Two-Choice Learning of Predominantly Alternating and Repeating Sequences
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Jones, Sandra J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Kindergarten Children
Age Effects in Backward Visual Masking (Crawford Paradigm)
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Welsandt, Roy F., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1973
The present report contains two experiments dealing with the relationship between development and an initial information processing stage. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Psychology, Cognitive Processes
The Development of Natural Language Concepts
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Saltz, Eli; And Others – Child Development, 1972
Two major trends in the development of natural language concepts were found in the present study: (1) there was a clear indication that such concepts exist in a relatively fragmented form in young children; (2) young children showed a strong dependence on perceptual attributes in their definitions of concepts. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology
Word-Association Responses of Children as a Function of Age, Sex and Instructions
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Kahana, Boaz; Sterneck, Rosalie – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1972
Study examined word associations from the perspective of cognitive level and thought processes. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
First Longitudinal Study of Attainment of the Concept Equilateral Triangle By Children Age 5 to 16. Technical Report No. 425. Reprinted December 1977.
Klausmeier, Herbert J. – 1976
A four-year longitudinal study of concept attainment and uses of concepts, as specified by the Conceptual Learning and Development Model, is described. Data collected during the first two years were based upon the assessment of the concept, equilateral triangle. The assessment battery was administered to 351 children (grades K, 3, 6, and 9) in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Preschool Embedded Figures Test; Technical Report 17. Disadvantaged Children and Their First School Experiences. ETS-Head Start Longitudinal Study. Technical Report Series.
Dermen, Diran; Meissner, Judith A. – 1972
The Preschool Embedded Figures Test (PEFT), based partly on the Children's Embedded Figures Test, is a measure of field independence, or analytic functioning. It is intended to investigate the development of psychological differentiation in children as young as age three. The PEFT contains 27 black and white drawings (3 practice drawings and 24…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Data Analysis
Picture Completion Test, Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence; Technical Report 16. Disadvantaged Children and Their First School Experiences. ETS-Head Start Longitudinal Study. Technical Report Series.
Dermen, Diran – 1972
The Picture Completion subtest of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence was included in this study as a measure of analytic functioning, an aspect of psychological differentiation. Twelve of the 23 items on the test were taken from the WISC and 11 were new. The child is shown a series of 23 pictures, each of which has some…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis