Categorizing living kinds and artifacts: Perceptual and conceptual knowledge about parts;Wie klassifizieren kinder lebewesen und artefakte? Zur rolle des aussehens und der funktion von komponenten

Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-32

  Pauen, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological knowledge; Categorization; Concept formation; Functional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844337309     PISSN: 00498637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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