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ERIC Number: EJ440016
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Developmental Changes within the Structure of the Mammal Domain.
Johnson, Kathy E.; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v28 n1 p74-83 Jan 1992
Judgments of similarity among mammals, including humans, were elicited from 7 and 10 year olds and adults. Results partially supported a consensus model of shared cultural knowledge. Patterns of deviation from the model appeared between children and adults because of the emergence of a primate category after age 10. (BC)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Folk Culture, Knowledge Level, Mammals, Primates
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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