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Peer reviewedCox, M. V.; Martin, A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1988
Two experiments investigated children's tendencies to draw what they know rather than what they see. The first experiment looked at the way children, aged five to nine, and adults represent an object occluded by another object. Most subjects drew only what they could see. The second experiment investigated subjects' interpretation of pictures…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Development, Freehand Drawing, Psychological Studies
Peer reviewedColombo, John; And Others – Child Development, 1988
Visual behavior of infants was assessed with multiple discrimination tasks week to week from four to seven months of age. Task to task reliability was low, but attentional averages from week to week were reliable. Generally, infants with shorter fixations showed more novelty preferences, and infants' shift rate improved with age. (SKC)
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Infants
