A Developmental Study of Part-Whole Relations in Visual Perception.

Lowe, Roland C.

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Publication Date: 1973

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A Developmental Study of Part-Whole Relations in Visual Perception

Lowe, Roland C.

Journal of Genetic Psychology, 123 (2nd half), 231-240, Dec 73

Investigated developmental trends in part-whole perception. The effects of the whole on the perception of small parts was greater at the kindergarten level than at the 4th grade; and there was a change in the perception of the parts so that they came to look like the whole in shape. (DP)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Grade 9, Kindergarten Children, Perceptual Development, Visual Perception

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