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ERIC Number: EJ620363
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Domain Specificity and Variability in Cognitive Development.
Gelman, Rochel
Child Development, v71 n4 p854-56 Jul-Aug 2000
Maintains that there are core-specific and non-core-specific domains of knowledge, but that only the core-specific domains benefit from innate skeletal structures. Asserts that core skeletal domains are universally shared, even though their particular foci may vary. Emphasizes that individuals vary in terms of the noncore domains they acquire. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Individual Differences, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Intraindividual Variability
Note: Comments on article by Larivee, Normandeau, and Parent, PS 531 481, in this issue.