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ERIC Number: EJ215238
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Oct
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Concept Acquisition and the Perception of Meaning.
Bengston, John K.; Cohen, Stuart J.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v4 n4 p348-65 Oct 1979
The assumptions underlying the classfication rule-learning description of concept acquisition are critically examined. An alternative characterization of what it means to have a primacy hypothesis and Gibson's position that knowledge of the world is a product of direct perception are discusssed. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Learning Experience, Learning Theories, Linguistics, Literature Reviews, Pattern Recognition, Perception, Semantics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reference Materials - Bibliographies
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Rule Learning