Young Children's Organizational Strategies on a Same-Different Task: A Microgenetic Study and a Training Study

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-43

  Blöte, Anke W ^a   Resing, Wilma C M ^a   Mazer, Petra ^a   Van Noort, Daniëlle A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children's strategies; Cognitive development; Microgenetic method; Production deficiency; Same different judgment; Utilization deficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; TEACHING;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; TEACHING;

EID: 0040551545     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2508     Document Type: Article

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