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| Rubin, Kenneth H. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedRubin, Kenneth H. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
This study examined the resistance to conservation of quantity extinction in 180 subjects across the life span. The results indicated that both resistance judgments and explanations were found to develop in a curvilinear fashion, increasing with age until young adulthood and declining thereafter. (JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Extinction (Psychology), Human Development
