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Peer reviewedSchiff, William; Saarni, Carolyn I. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
The relationships between perception and conservation of length were investigated in a developmental comparison of judgments of length made by 5-year-olds, 8-year-olds and adults. (GO)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedNinio, Anat – Cognition, 1979
Piaget's theory of space perception is presented in the format of a hypothetico-deductive system. Eleven hypotheses regarding infants' space perception are defined, and Piaget's evidence for each is summarized. Presuppositions underlying the arguments are explicated. Critical notes are inserted and general conclusions are briefly discussed.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior
Download full textLewis, Michael; Goldberg, Susan – 1968
Twenty infants, 12 weeks of age, were subjects in an experiment to test the effects of maternal behavior on their perceptual-cognitive development. Each mother and child were observed in a controlled naturalistic setting, every 10 seconds their various behaviors were recorded, and then the mother was interviewed. During an experimental session the…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior
