Coordination of Size Standards by Young Children.

Ebeling, Karen S.; Gelman, Susan A.

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ERIC Number: EJ377878

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Publication Date: 1988

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Coordination of Size Standards by Young Children.

Ebeling, Karen S.; Gelman, Susan A.

Child Development, v59 n4 p888-96 Aug 1988

Investigated two- to four-year-old children's sensitivity to perceptual and normative standards of comparison and their responses when standards conflict. Even the youngest children were capable of using normative and perceptual standards and could apply different standards of comparison when judging size. (RJC)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Evaluative Thinking, Perception, Preschool Children, Standards

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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