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Glidden, Laraine Masters; Mar, Harvey H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
Two experiments were concerned with exploring the relative accessibility and availability of category information in retarded adolescents in comparison with CA equivalent nonretarded subjects. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Cues
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Davies, Deborah; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Educable mentally retarded (EMR) and nonretarded (NR) adolescents verified superordinate and basic level descriptions of common objects. Results suggest that EMR subjects had difficulty making semantic classification decisions in general. Other results suggest that group differences in semantic processing speed were related to the deliberate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Classification, Cognitive Processes
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Kirk, Winifred J.; Johnson, John T., Jr. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Results were interpreted as supporting an inhibition deficit theory of mental retardation. (Authors)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Error Patterns, Handicapped Children