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Daehler, Marvin W.; Bukatko, Danuta – Child Development, 1974
Discrimination learning studied in 3-year-olds, indicated that children over 30 months of age did better than younger children, and girls learned faster than boys after the first problem. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Learning, Perceptual Development
Evans, Ross A.; Beedle, Randall K. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1970
A version of the paper was presented at the American Association on Mental Deficiency (Boston, May, 1968). (JM)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Perception
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Daves, Walter F.; Griffin, Julia W. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Cues, Discrimination Learning, Dogmatism, Interpersonal Relationship
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Faulkender, Patricia J.; And Others – Child Development, 1974
An evaluation of selective generalization of habituation on the basis of meaningful categories of stimuli. Also explored are the sex differences in conceptual generalization of habituation. Subjects were 36 toddlers with a mean age of 40 months. (SDH)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Eye Fixations
Faulkender, Patricia J.; And Others – 1973
Looking times of 36 children were recorded during subject-controlled presentation of slides in order to determine whether the existence of simple categories in 3-year-olds can be inferred from habituation data, and to determine any sex differences in conceptual generalization of habituation. Habituation was demonstrated over repeated presentation…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning
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Morell, Jonathan A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
This study was designed to examine the effects of age and sex on susceptibility to field dependence training and to determine whether the field dependence phenomenon is a function of cognitive style or of a general inability to make correct judgments because of confusing and inaccurate information. (MS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Style