Blank Comparison Analysis of Emergent Symbolic Mapping by Young Children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-130

  Wilkinson, Krista M ^a   McIlvane, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; REFERENCE VALUE; SYMBOLISM;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031278504     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1997.2402     Document Type: Article

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