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Peer reviewedGreenfield, Daryl B.; Scott, Marcia S. – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Examines the development of conceptual preference for complementary versus taxonomic relationships in children, 3 to 17 years of age. The triads procedure was used with picture pairings familiar to the younger age group. The data revealed a preference for complementary pairs for all age groups. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Concept Formation, Paired Associate Learning
Peer reviewedAckerman, Brian P. – Child Development, 1986
Two experiments examine use of defining, characteristic, category, and identical semantic features of word concept information in cued recall. College adults and 7- to 11-year-old children were shown word triplets in which context words were related or unrelated to final target word. Results suggest meaning features differ in providing medium for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, College Students, Concept Formation
