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Tversky, Barbara – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Demonstrates young children's shift toward a taxonomic basis for organization of both named and depicted objects. Concludes that perceptual organization in young children cannot be attributed to an inability to ignore visual information but seems to be based upon the centrality of perceptual features to the representation of objects. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Pictorial Stimuli