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| Cognitive Development | 1 |
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| Learning Processes | 1 |
| Observational Learning | 1 |
| Preschool Children | 1 |
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Peer reviewedDenney, Nancy Wadsworth; Acito, Marlene A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
Preschool children who did not group a set of geometric stimuli according to complete similarity on a pretest were taught classification wither in a modeling or in a reinforcement condition. Modeling was found to be an effective means of teaching classification behavior. (ST)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Learning Processes
