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Peer reviewedCohen, Leslie B.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Eye Fixations, Habit Formation, Infants, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
Peer reviewedFaulkender, 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
Download full textFaulkender, 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
