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Murphy, Gregory L.; Smith, Edward E. – 1982
Previous studies have found that an object can be categorized faster at a basic level (hammer) than at either a subordinate (club hammer) or a superordinate level (tool). While some attribute this result to basic categories having more distinctive attributes, other factors might cause this result. For example, basic categories routinely have…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Learning Theories
Weintraub, Sam, Comp.; Cowan, Robert J., Comp. – 1982
An update and modification of "Vision-Visual Discrimination" published in 1973, this annotated bibliography contains entries from the annual summaries of research in reading published by the International Reading Association (IRA) since then. The first large section, "Vision," is divided into two subgroups: (1) "Visually…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Research