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Peer reviewedSmith, Linda B. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Examined whether a holistic magnitude relation governs children's object comparisons. Objects varying on two dimensions of magnitude, size, and saturation were classified by three-, four-, and five-year-olds. Results indicated that younger children were sensitive to global magnitude as well as to overall similarity. (Author/BE)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Developmental Stages, Holistic Approach
Peer reviewedSmith, Linda B.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines how reference points for the categorical interpretation of high and low (adjectives) were defined by three- to five-year-old children and adults. Shows categorical interpretations of relative terms to be complex dependent. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adults, Classification, Cognitive Ability
