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Frazier, Brandy N.; Gelman, Susan A.; Kaciroti, Niko; Russell, Joshua W.; Lumeng, Julie C. – Developmental Science, 2012
This research investigates children's use of social categories in their food selection. Across three studies, we presented preschoolers with sets of photographs that contrasted food-eating models with different characteristics, including model gender, race (Black, White), age (child or adult), and/or expression (acceptance or rejection of the…
Descriptors: Food, Eating Habits, Decision Making, Preschool Children
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Rhodes, Marjorie; Gelman, Susan A.; Brickman, Daniel – Developmental Science, 2010
Two studies compared children's attention to sample composition--whether a sample provides a diverse representation of a category of interest--during teacher-led and learner-driven learning contexts. In Study 1 (n = 48), 5-year-olds attended to sample composition to make inferences about biological properties only when samples were presented by a…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Inferences, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods