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Cornell, Edward H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
Subjects of this study were 19- and 23-week-old infants. Results showed that the older infants demonstrated differential attention to novel over familiar stimuli during recognition tests. An examination of their responsiveness during familiarization presentations indicated differing trends of looking activity. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Span, Discrimination Learning, Infant Behavior
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Rowe, Edward J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Performance was consistently higher for pictures than for words, and this difference was unaffected by age, response mode, or presentation paradigm. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Data Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Pictorial Stimuli
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O'Malley, John J. – 1972
Review of reversal learning data obtained from Ss of various developmental phases suggested that overtraining increases perseveration in pre-school children, and decrease perseveration in older (e.g., 1st grade) children. The present experiment tested this apparent trend. Children of two age groups (X = 4 yrs., 4 mos., vs. X = 6 yrs., 5 mos.)…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Analysis