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| Conservation (Concept) | 2 |
| Extinction (Psychology) | 2 |
| Cognitive Development | 1 |
| College Students | 1 |
| Data Analysis | 1 |
| Feedback | 1 |
| Human Development | 1 |
| Research | 1 |
| Task Performance | 1 |
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| Developmental Psychology | 2 |
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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
Peer reviewedMiller, Scott A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1973
These results stand in sharp contrast to those previously reported which concluded that most college students will abandon conservation; the present finding is of strong (though less than perfect) resistance. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Conservation (Concept), Data Analysis, Extinction (Psychology)
