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Peer reviewedGelman, Susan A.; Markman, Ellen M. – Child Development, 1987
Studies children's inductive inferences in order to investigate the development of the expectation that members of a category share unforeseen properties. Results indicate that preschoolers drew more inferences based on category membership than on perceptual appearances. (PCB)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Induction
Peer reviewedGelman, Susan A.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Tests the distinction between inferring new categories on the basis of property information (predicted to be difficult) and inferring new properties on the basis of category information (predicted to be easier) among 57 preschool children. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Inferences
