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Inference and Preference in Children's Conceptual Performance
Scholnick, Ellin Kofsky – Child Develop, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Grade 2
Intradimensional Variability in Concept Identification: A Replication, Extension, and Partial Clarification of the Haygood, Harbert, and Omlor Findings
Schultz, Roger F.; Dodd, David H. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1972
Experiments reported here confirm the finding that performance can actually improve as intradimensional variability increases. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Performance Factors
Intrapair Conceptual Similarity and Verbal Reinforcement Combinations as Determinants of Discrimination Learning and Retention in Children
Ahammer, Inge M.; Goulet, L. R. – Child Develop, 1969
Based on an MA thesis (Ahammer) submitted to West Virginia University.
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Reinforcement
Two Parameters of Human Discrimination Learning
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Sanders, Richard M. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: College Students, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Feedback
Relation Between Equivalence Range and Concept Formation Ability in Brain-Damaged Patients
Olson, Jim L.; and others – Percept Mot Skills, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Equivalency Tests
Mediator Use and Transfer in Discrimination Learning and Free Recall.
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Bozinou, Efthymia; Goulet, L. R. – 1970
This study investigated the spontaneous use of verbal mediators in discrimination learning, the transfer of mediators to a free recall task, and the effects of a pretraining task on performance. The discrimination tasks required nursery school children (80) to: (1) sort three instances each of two different concepts in a conceptually consistent…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes, Mediation Theory
An Investigation of Children's Abilities to Form and Generalize Visual Concepts from Visually Complex Art Reproductions. Final Report.
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Clark, Gilbert A. – 1972
The research reported here was designed to measure the abilities of school-age children to form and generalize "visual concepts" on the basis of their observation of prepared sets of art reproductions. The art reproduction sets displayed similarities based upon various visual attributes. Discrimination of the attributes common to any…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Art, Children, Classification