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Cronin, Virginia – Developmental Psychology, 1977
Active touch, passive touch with a moving object, and passive touch with a still object were examined developmentally with 192 subjects in first, third, and fifth grades and college. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Elementary School Students, Object Manipulation

Ruff, Holly A. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Reports two studies of infant exploration. In the first, age and characteristics of the object stimuli influenced 6-, 9- and 12-month-olds who manipulated a series of objects. Results of the second study suggested that different kinds of manipulation are used to explore changes in shape, texture, and weight. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cross Sectional Studies, Exploratory Behavior, Infants

Gottfried, Allen W.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Infants ranging from 6 to 12 months were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) allowed to look at a specified object, (2) allowed to look at and manipulate it, or (3) allowed to look at the object and to manipulate the transparent box in which it was encased. (JMB)
Descriptors: Infants, Learning Modalities, Memory, Object Manipulation