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Peer reviewedMelkman, Rachel; Rabinovitch, Liora – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Examined object concept development in 2- to 4-year olds with a partial replication of a study by Spelke and Kestenbaum (1986). Found that children judged identical entering and exiting figures as involving one object and different figures as involving two objects. Continuity of movement failed to affect judgments of numerical identity. Findings…
Descriptors: Motion, Object Permanence, Perceptual Development, Piagetian Theory
