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| Concept Formation | 1 |
| Discrimination Learning | 1 |
| Feedback | 1 |
| Infant Behavior | 1 |
| Learning Processes | 1 |
| Nonverbal Learning | 1 |
| Object Permanence | 1 |
| Visual Learning | 1 |
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| Merrill-Palmer Quarterly | 1 |
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| Nelson, Keith E. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedNelson, Keith E. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1974
Infants ranging in age from six months to eight months were shown repeated instances of real object movement-disappearance-reappearance. Results suggest that the key changes in early cognitive development rest primarily upon the infant's gradual adaptation of old responses through encounters with new events--rather than upon the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Infant Behavior
