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Peer reviewedAbravanel, Eugene; And Others – Child Development, 1976
The early phase of imitation was studied in children between 6 and 18 months by means of the presentation of 22 actions. (SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Imitation, Infant Behavior
Peer reviewedSchaffer, H. R. – Child Development, 1975
Descriptors: Attention, Infant Behavior, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Object Manipulation
Peer reviewedRakison, David H.; Butterworth, George E. – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Two experiments used object-manipulation tasks to examine whether one- to two-year-olds form superordinate-like categories by attending to object parts. Findings indicated that 14- and 18-month-olds behaved systematically toward categories with different, but not matching, parts. Without part differences, none formed superordinate categories.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Classification, Cognitive Development
