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Peer reviewedMarzolf, Donald P.; DeLoache, Judy S. – Child Development, 1994
In 3 studies, 2.5- and 3-year-olds transferred knowledge from an easy task that required appreciation of a symbolic relation to a more difficult task involving a symbolic relation that children their age typically do not appreciate. Results support the theory that young children use insight into one symbolic relation to understand other symbolic…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Preschool Children, Spatial Ability
