Effects of categorical labels on similarity judgments: A critical analysis of similarity-based approaches

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 890-896

  Noles, Nicholaus S ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Categories; Labels; Similarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84865621534     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026075     Document Type: Article

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