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Murray, Frank S.; Garrett, Elizabeth C. – 1976
In this study, the effects of rewards on same-different judgments of size, color, and weight were investigated. Subjects were 45 children at the kindergarten and first-grade level. The children were assigned to one of three conditions: (1) rewarded for reporting black in the identification of the colors of balls contained inside gray jars, (2)…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education, Grade 1, Kindergarten
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Hogg, J.; Evans, P. L. C. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
Descriptors: Attention Control, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation
Faulkender, Patricia J.; And Others – 1973
Looking times of 36 children were recorded during subject-controlled presentation of slides in order to determine whether the existence of simple categories in 3-year-olds can be inferred from habituation data, and to determine any sex differences in conceptual generalization of habituation. Habituation was demonstrated over repeated presentation…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning