Age, Typicality, and Task Effects on Categorization of Objects.

Blewitt, Pamela; Durkin, Marcie

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ERIC Number: EJ273740

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Publication Date: 1982-Oct

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Age, Typicality, and Task Effects on Categorization of Objects.

Blewitt, Pamela; Durkin, Marcie

Perceptual and Motor Skills, v55 n2 p435-45 Oct 1982

Depending on age and the demands of the task, people may use different processing strategies in object categorization. Three-year-olds used a wholistic approach with strong effects of object typicality on three categorization tasks. Older children and adults showed differential effects of typicality, suggesting various strategies including abstraction and logical classification. (Author/CM)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Evaluative Thinking, Holistic Approach, Logical Thinking, Object Manipulation, Preschool Children, Task Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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