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ERIC Number: EJ304611
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Developmental Shifts in the Basis of Organization in Memory: The Role of Associative versus Categorical Relatedness in Children's Free Recall.
Bjorklund, David F.; de Marchena, Melanie R.
Child Development, v55 n3 p952-62 Jun 1984
Reports two experiments showing a possible developmental shift from memory organization based on associative criteria to an organization based on categorical criteria. Children in first, fourth, and seventh grades were given a sort/recall task with items that could be organized into groups of categorical or associative pairs. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Children, Classification, Cluster Analysis, Developmental Stages, Grade 1, Grade 4, Grade 7, Memory, Preadolescents, Recall (Psychology), Verbal Stimuli, Visual Stimuli
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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