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ERIC Number: EJ129909
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Memory for Instances and Categories in Children and Adults
Tighe, Thomas J.; And Others
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 20, 1, 22-37, Aug 75
Two studies of 7-year-olds and college students tested the hypothesis of a developmental difference in the degree to which subjects' memory performance was controlled by categorical properties vs. specific instance properties of test items. (GO)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, College Students, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Memory, Recall (Psychology)
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