Developmental Changes in Categorization Processes: Knowledge and Similarity-Based Modes of Categorization.

Hayes, Brett K.; Taplin, John E.

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ERIC Number: EJ454874

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Publication Date: 1992

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Developmental Changes in Categorization Processes: Knowledge and Similarity-Based Modes of Categorization.

Hayes, Brett K.; Taplin, John E.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v54 n2 p188-212 Oct 1992

For both 6 and 11 year olds, social knowledge had a significant influence on test phase responses. It is maintained that the study clarifies the relationship between the use of knowledge-based and similarity-based information in children's acquisition of concepts. (BG)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Classification, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Grade 6, Identification, Prior Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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