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Inferring Properties from Categories versus Inferring Categories from Properties: The Case of Gender.

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Gelman, Susan A.; And Others – Child Development, 1986

Tests the distinction between inferring new categories on the basis of property information (predicted to be difficult) and inferring new properties on the basis of category information (predicted to be easier) among 57 preschool children. (HOD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Inferences

What's So Essential about Essentialism? A Different Perspective on the Interaction of Perception, Language, and Conceptual Knowledge.

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Gelman, Susan A.; Medin, Douglas L. – Cognitive Development, 1993

Comments on the article by Jones and Smith in this issue. Outlines different perspectives from which the issue of conceptual development is approached, elaborating on the functions concepts serve and variations in those functions. Notes points of agreement with the perceptual knowledge view and offers comments on the research supporting the…

Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education