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Download full textMiller, Patricia H.; And Others – 1972
Two studies examined how nonconservers use the dimensions relevant to quantity in the conservation of substance task. Most nonconservers are very selective in their use of the information provided by these dimensions. Most preschool and kindergarten nonconservers used length to define amount, while ignoring width. This was true regardless of how…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Dimensional Preference
Peer reviewedMiller, Douglas – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1977
It was hypothesized that Piaget's argument on behalf of the reorganization of cognitive processes would gain empirical support from a color/form, matching similar objects problem for 52 6-year-olds from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Color, Dimensional Preference
Peer reviewedFein, Greta G.; Eshleman, Suzann – Developmental Psychology, 1974
Uses the transposition paradigm to compare the influence of the adjectives "same" and "different" on the test choice of 5- and 9-year-old children. (Author/SDH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Dimensional Preference
Carroll, Jeri A. – 1977
To determine whether or not cognitive tempo influences visual cue preferences in early readers, 65 kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade children were tested on the Matching Familiar Figures (MFF) test and a cue selection nonsense trigram test. It was hypothesized that significant differences would be found in cue selection strategies of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo, Cues
