Conditional discrimination in young children: The roles of associative and relational processing

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-101

  Andrews, Glenda ^a   Halford, Graeme S ^b   Boyce, Jillian ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Associative processing; Awareness; Childhood; Conditional discrimination; Relational processing; Reversal learning

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AGE FACTORS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84858155127     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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