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ERIC Number: EJ305699
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Effects of Hierarchical Organization on Children's Judgments of Distance and Direction.
Acredolo, Linda P.; Boulter, Lyn T.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v37 n3 p409-25 Jun 1984
Results of two studies indicate a tendency among young children to impose organization on information encoded in memory and in relation to increases in metric accuracy, decentration, and efficient scanning, which enable them to more accurately evaluate when such organization is and is not appropriate. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Distance, Elementary School Students, Encoding (Psychology), Evaluative Thinking, Memory, Preschool Children, Spatial Ability, Vertical Organization, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Decentration; Directionality; Scanning