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Development of Exclusivity in Perceptually Based Categories of Young Infants.

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Eimas, Peter D.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1994

Three experiments examined the exclusivity of perpetually defined categorical representations for animal categories in infants. Results indicated that infants have the capacity for making distinctions among high similar natural kinds but that such find distinctions cannot be made without appropriate exemplars. (SW)

Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Classification, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes

On Categorization in Early Infancy.

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Quinn, Paul C.; Eimas, Peter D. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1986

Reviews the research literature on the abilities of infants to categorize visual information on dot patterns; schematic faces; hue; and orientation. (HOD)

Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology