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Peer reviewedWard, Thomas B. – Child Development, 1980
The classifying behavior of five-year-old children and adults was examined in two studies of restricted classification using triads of stimuli composed of the dimensions of length and density. Results were consistent with the notion of separable perception for adults and integral perception for children. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Classification, Patterned Responses
