An Interaction between Vertical Dimension and Age in Children's Judgments of Size
- 1 June 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 28 (3) , 841-842
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1969.28.3.841
Abstract
To determine whether the vertical dimension is used differently in size judgments by children of different ages, 5 groups of Ss were tested; their mean ages ranged from 7 yr. in a first grade group to 11 yr. in a fifth grade group. Stimuli were 6 pairs of 3-dimensional objects. The influence of the vertical dimension in children's judgments of size was critically related to age, decreasing in importance with increasing age.Keywords
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