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ERIC Number: EJ268750
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Jun
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Classification in Young and Retarded Children: The Primacy of Overall Similarity Relations.
Kemler, Deborah G.
Child Development, v53 n3 p768-79 Jun 1982
Three experiments were conducted to examine normal preschool and retarded children's use of similarity relations (two items go together because overall they are the most similar in a given set of stimuli) or dimensional relations (two items go together because they are the same size) as a predominant basis for classification. (MP)
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Mental Retardation, Preschool Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cognitive Research