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ERIC Number: EJ234775
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Sep
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Developmental Differences in the Acquisition of Basic and Superordinate Categories.
Horton, Marjorie S.; Markman, Ellen M.
Child Development, v51 n3 p708-19 Sep 1980
Examines the relative utility of exemplar and linguistic information for acquiring basic and superordinate categories. Developmental differences were predicted in the ability to benefit from the linguistically specified information. Preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade children were tested. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Pictorial Stimuli, Verbal Stimuli, Vertical Organization, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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