Memory for Instances and Categories in Children and Adults.

Tighe, Thomas J.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1975

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Memory for Instances and Categories in Children and Adults

Tighe, Thomas J.; And Others

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 20, 1, 22-37, Aug 75

Two studies of 7-year-olds and college students tested the hypothesis of a developmental difference in the degree to which subjects' memory performance was controlled by categorical properties vs. specific instance properties of test items. (GO)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, College Students, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Memory, Recall (Psychology)

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