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On Ambiguity: An Investigation of the Development of the Ability to Understand Aspects of Semantic Ambiguity.
Brause, Rita Susan – 1975
The hypothesized relationship between an individual's age, educational background, and ability to understand aspects of semantic ambiguity was investigated in this study. The 90 subjects included ten students in each of grades two, four, six, eight, and ten, as well as ten college undergraduates, ten graduate students, ten high school graduates,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Ambiguity, Cognitive Development, Comprehension