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ERIC Number: EJ373921
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Preschooler's Ability to Decide Whether a Photographed Unfamiliar Object Can Move Itself.
Massey, Christine M.; Gelman, Rochel
Developmental Psychology, v24 n3 p307-17 May 1988
Four-year-olds were reliably accurate about movement potentials for the categories of mammals, nonmammalian animals, statues of animals, wheeled vehicles, and multipart, rigid objects. The three-year-olds' scores were significantly above chance in all categories but animals. Analyses showed that children were concerned about the cause of movement and used an animate-inanimate hierarchy. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Ability, Concept Formation, Motion, Perception, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Animate Inanimate (Concept); Explanations; Labeling (of Objects); Rule Application; Similarities