A Model of Perceptual Classification in Children and Adults.

Smith, Linda B.

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Publication Date: 1989

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A Model of Perceptual Classification in Children and Adults.

Smith, Linda B.

Psychological Review, v96 n1 p125-44 Jan 1989

The developmental trend from overall-similarity to dimensional-identity classifications is explained by a quantitative model. The model provides good qualitative fits to the extant data. Three experiments examining classifications in 120 2- to 8-year-olds and in 20 undergraduates support specific new claims of the model. (TJH)

Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development, Goodness of Fit, Mathematical Models, Perception, Undergraduate Students, Visual Perception, Young Children

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