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ERIC Number: EJ073573
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1973
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Conserving and Consuming: A Developmental Study of Abstract and Action Choices
Singer, Dorothy G.; Kornfield, Barbara
Developmental Psychology, 8, 2, 314, Mar 73
Given a chance to eat the candy or drink the juice in this study, the 5-year-olds, 7-year-olds and young adults failed to conserve and made choices based on what they said was appearance of greater quantity rather than upon the already established equivalencies. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept), Data Analysis, Developmental Psychology, Task Performance
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