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ERIC Number: EJ377877
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Children's Inductive Inferences within Superordinate Categories: The Role of Language and Category Structure.
Gelman, Susan A.; O'Reilly, Anne Watson
Child Development, v59 n4 p876-87 Aug 1988
In two studies, preschoolers and second graders were tested on their understanding that members of a category have similar parts. Children in both studies drew many inferences concerning the internal structure of objects in basic-level categories. Suggests that preschool children assume that basic-level categories share internal parts. (RJC)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Preschool Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Categorical Processing (Cognition)