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Direct linkSheya, Adam; Smith, Linda B. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2006
When children learn categories, they do not learn isolated facts but rather systems of knowledge. These systems of knowledge are composed of property-property (e.g., things with wings tend to have feathers), property-role (e.g., things with eyes tend to eat), and role-role (e.g., things that eat tend to sleep) correlations. Research has shown that…
Descriptors: Young Children, Age Differences, Role Perception, Classification
