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Peer reviewedFreeman, N. H.; Parker, D. M. – British Journal of Psychology, 1973
Results clearly show a preference for correctly classified familiar shapes over their novel counterparts. (Authors)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Classification, Data Analysis, Dimensional Preference
Download full textHale, Gordon A.; Lipps, Leann E. T. – 1973
As children grow older they show an increasing preference for classifying objects on the basis of shape rather than color. To clarify the nature of this "dimension preference," children of ages 3 1/2 to 6 1/2 years were given a method of triads test of dimension preferences, followed (after a week's delay) by a component selection task. The most…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Children, Classification
Peer reviewedDenney, Nancy Wadsworth – Child Development, 1972
The most significant finding is that classification according to complete similarity not only occurs much earlier than reported by Inhelder and Piaget, but also does not follow the developmental course reported by Inhelder and Piaget. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Grouping, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
Miller, Asenath A.; Starzec, James J. – 1974
Children's performance on multidimensional classification tasks was examined in two experiments. In Experiment 1, preschool, first-, and third-grade children were shown a standard stimulus and were then asked to judge whether several comparison stimuli were the same as or different from the standard. Comparison stimuli differed from the standard…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Developmental Psychology, Dimensional Preference
