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ERIC Number: EJ398185
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Children's Use of Nonegocentric Standards in Judgments of Functional Size.
Gelman, Susan A.; Ebeling, Karen S.
Child Development, v60 n4 p920-32 Aug 1989
Examines the ability of 140 children of 3-5 years to use functional standards to judge size. The ability to use nonegocentric functional standards was present by age 3. However, 3-year-olds performed above chance only when their attention was directed to the relevant function. (RJC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Egocentrism, Evaluative Thinking, Language Acquisition, Spatial Ability, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Size Estimation