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Peer reviewedShultz, Thomas R.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
The purpose of present experiments with subjects approximately three, five, and seven years of age was to provide additional evidence for the obviousness of the generative transmission principle and to provide initial evidence for the secondary principles of absence and facility. Empirical support was found for each of these selection principles,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Concept Formation, Perceptual Development
Peer reviewedYounger, Barbara A.; Cohen, Leslie B. – Child Development, 1986
Examines developmental change in 4- 7- and 10-month-old infants' perceptions of correlations among attributes to determine whether relational information plays a role in abilities ranging from the perception and recognition of a simple pattern to the formation of a category. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
