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Raijmakers, Maartje E. J.; Jansen, Brenda R. J.; van der Maas, Han L. J. – Developmental Review, 2004
Rule use in perceptual classification was investigated in adults and in 4- to 12-year-old children. Two studies of performance on triad classification tasks with large samples (N=226 and N=328) are presented to (a) contrast theoretical predictions from the holistic-to-analytic-shift theory (Smith & Kemler, 1977) and the differential-sensitivity…
Descriptors: Classification, Adults, Children, Perceptual Development

Schlesinger, Matthew; Parisi, Domenico – Developmental Review, 2001
Introduces the concepts of online and offline sampling and highlights the role of online sampling in agent-based models of learning and development. Compares the strengths of each approach for modeling particular developmental phenomena and research questions. Describes a recent agent-based model of infant causal perception. Discusses limitations…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Experience, Individual Development

Subbotsky, Eugene – Developmental Review, 2000
Extends William James' classification of phenomenalistic reality (PR) and analyzes PR using empirical data available in developmental psychology; focuses on the relation of PR to a human subject; to rational constructions; and to the idea of truth. Concludes that the development of phenomenalistic reality is qualitatively different from the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development