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ERIC Number: EJ138497
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Extinction of Conservation: A Life Span Investigation
Rubin, Kenneth H.
Developmental Psychology, 12, 1, 51-56, Jan 76
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, Research
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