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Peer reviewedAmsel, Eric; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined 5- to 12-year-olds' judgment regarding the behavior of balance scales and other levers whose arms varied in a causal or a noncausal variable. Results indicated age-related increases in correct judgments about the influence of physical features of objects at an earlier age than about spatial relations between objects. (MOK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Context Effect
