The Effects of Stimulus Variability on Overgeneralization and Overdiscrimination Errors in Children and Adults.

Novack, Thomas A.; Richman, Charles L.

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Publication Date: 1980-Mar

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The Effects of Stimulus Variability on Overgeneralization and Overdiscrimination Errors in Children and Adults.

Novack, Thomas A.; Richman, Charles L.

Child Development, v51 n1 p55-60 Mar 1980

Tests the effects of stimulus variability on overgeneralization and overdiscrimination errors in children and adults. The subjects (n=64), adults and five-, seven-, and nine-year-old children, participated in a visual discrimination task. (CM)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, College Students, Discrimination Learning, Error Patterns, Stimulus Generalization, Visual Stimuli

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Language: English

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