Preschoolers' use of surface similarity in object comparisons: Taking context into account

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 194-214

  Paik, Jae H ^a   Mix, Kelly S ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Comparison; Context effects; Preschool children; Similarity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 33749248869     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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