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Peer reviewedFlavell, John H. – American Psychologist, 1986
Summarizes recent research which attempted to discover what children of different ages know about the appearance-reality distinction and related phenomena. Findings show that what helps children grasp the distinction is an increased cognizance of the fact that people are sentient subjects who have mental representations of objects and events. (PS)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology
Peer reviewedKuczaj, Stan A., II; Maratsos, Michael P. – Child Development, 1974
The concepts of front, back, and side may be easily understood in relation to an intrinsically fronted item, but with a nonfronted object they depend on situational or psychological cues. A study investigated a child's awareness of the front, back, and side of his own body and of fronted and nonfronted objects. Researchers hypothesized that a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
