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White, Donna – 1983
Studies were made of (1) young children's use of body-weight type for processing information about peers, and (2) the development of children's stereotypical knowledge about characteristics associated with body-weight type. For the first study, a measure was developed to assess "body salience," or the degree to which children use weight…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
