Conserving and Consuming: A Developmental Study of Abstract and Action Choices.

Singer, Dorothy G.; Kornfield, Barbara

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Publication Date: 1973

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Conserving and Consuming: A Developmental Study of Abstract and Action Choices

Singer, Dorothy G.; Kornfield, Barbara

Developmental Psychology, 8, 2, 314, Mar 73

Given a chance to eat the candy or drink the juice in this study, the 5-year-olds, 7-year-olds and young adults failed to conserve and made choices based on what they said was appearance of greater quantity rather than upon the already established equivalencies. (Authors/CB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept), Data Analysis, Developmental Psychology, Task Performance

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