Do Children Profit From Looking Beyond Looks? From Similarity-Based to Cue Abstraction Processes in Multiple-Cue Judgment

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 220-229

  von Helversen, Bettina ^a,b   Mata, Rui ^c   Olsson, Henrik ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

categorization; cognitive development; cue abstraction; multiple cue judgment; similarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449086552     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016690     Document Type: Article

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