Descriptor
| Addition | 1 |
| Adults | 1 |
| Age Differences | 1 |
| Bias | 1 |
| Children | 1 |
| Cognitive Development | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Color | 1 |
| Comparative Analysis | 1 |
| Difficulty Level | 1 |
| Perceptual Development | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedJager, Stephan; Wilkening, Friedrich – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2001
Two experiments examined developmental changes in reasoning about intensive quantities--predicting mixture intensity of pairs of liquids with different intensities of red color. Results showed that cognitive averaging in this domain developed late and slowly. Predominating up to 12 years was an extensivity bias, a strong tendency to use rules that…
Descriptors: Addition, Adults, Age Differences, Bias
