Development of Preschoolers' Learning, Retention, and Generalization of Concepts [electronic resource] / Judith A. Becker and Marion Perlmutter.

This study, which indicates that both age and variation in training affect children's concept formation, provides a basis for explaining the effect of age. Sixty-four 4- and 5-year-olds learned three novel concepts (animal-like, plant-like, and machine-like). Subjects were presented with either...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Becker, Judith A.
Corporate Author:	University of Minnesota. Institute of Child Development
Other Authors:	Perlmutter, Marion
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980.
Subjects:	Age Differences. Concept Formation. Discrimination Learning. Pictorial Stimuli. Preschool Children. Preschool Education. Recognition (Psychology) Retention (Psychology) Stimulus Generalization.