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Melkman, Rachel; And Others – Child Development, 1976
The preference for color or form as bases for similarity judgments among preschoolers (ages 2-5) and its relationship to the differentiation of form and color concepts as indexed by discrimination, identification, and labeling were investigated. (SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Dimensional Preference, Preschool Education
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Gindes, Marion; Barten, Sybil – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1977
This study compared the use of discrete and relational aspects of visual configurations in making similarity judgments. Subjects were 3-, 4-, 5-, and 8-year-old children and adults. (BD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Dimensional Preference
Woodruff, Diana S.; Gerrity, Kathleen M. – 1977
This study examined behavioral correlates of the rapid central nervous system changes occurring in the first 4 months of life. It was hypothesized that during the early months of infancy, visual preference would occur as a function of quantitative dimensions of the stimuli (size) which could be mediated at a subcortical level. It was further…
Descriptors: Dimensional Preference, Eye Fixations, Infant Behavior, Infants
Cheong, George S. C. – 1977
The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether children's perceptual comprehension of symmetrical numerical displays was greater than their comprehension of asymmetrical numerical displays. Effects of sex, age and socioeconomic status were looked at. Seventy-three kindergarten and first grade children participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Dimensional Preference, Elementary School Students, Number Concepts