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ERIC Number: EJ308878
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Form versus Function Revisited: The Role of Social Input and Memory Factors.
Corrigan, Roberta; Schommer, Marlene
Child Development, v55 n5 p1721-26 Oct 1984
Two experiments assessed the importance of form versus function in 2-year-old infants' categorizations. Nonsense objects were constructed to independently vary form and function. Adults differentially directed subjects' attention to one or the other stimulus dimension. It was hypothesized that children's conceptualizations would vary as a function of the social input. (RH)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Ability, Infant Behavior, Infants, Social Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Form Stimuli; Functional Properties