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Peer reviewedDenney, Nancy Wadsworth – Child Development, 1972
The most significant finding is that classification according to complete similarity not only occurs much earlier than reported by Inhelder and Piaget, but also does not follow the developmental course reported by Inhelder and Piaget. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Grouping, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
Peer reviewedSmith, Linda B. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1981
The hypothesis that overall-similarity relations structure both adults' and children's classifications of heterogeneous objects (objects that differ in a variety of ways) was supported in two experiments. When objects varied simultaneously on many dimensions, adults and children constructed classifications that maximized within-category similarity…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Dimensional Preference
Download full textMeyer, William J. – 1974
This study investigates the developmental changes that occur in the attending behavior of children engaged in a relatively simple classification task, and attempts to reaffirm the existence of developmental changes in stimulus preferences and in the ability to employ double classification systems. Subjects were 24 preschool and 24 first grade…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Dimensional Preference
