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Boswell, D. A.; Green, H. F. – Child Development, 1982
Addresses the respective roles of prototypes and specific exemplars in children's categorization behavior. The ability of children and adults to abstract and recognize figural prototypes was examined using a prototype-plus-distortions design. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Age Differences, Attention