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Download full textBecker, Judith A.; Perlmutter, Marion – 1980
This study, which indicates that both age and variation in training affect children's concept formation, provides a basis for explaining the effect of age. Sixty-four 4- and 5-year-olds learned three novel concepts (animal-like, plant-like, and machine-like). Subjects were presented with either four different examples of each concept (multiple…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Pictorial Stimuli
