Basic Level and Superordinate Level Categorization by Autistic, Mentally Retarded and Normal Children.

Tager-Flusberg, Helen

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ERIC Number: EJ334821

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Basic Level and Superordinate Level Categorization by Autistic, Mentally Retarded and Normal Children.

Tager-Flusberg, Helen

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v40 n3 p450-69 Dec 1985

Describes three experiments that tested autistic children's nonverbal and verbal categorization abilities. Concludes that autistic children do not suffer a specific cognitive deficit in ability to categorize and form abstract concepts. (HOD)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Autism, Classification, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Mental Age, Slow Learners, Verbal Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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