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Categorization Development

Categorization Development is a core cognitive process in developmental psychology referring to the progressive ability of children to organize and classify objects, events, or concepts into meaningful groups based on shared attributes, functional relationships, or conceptual hierarchies as they advance in age and experience.

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Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences

The Journal of Academic Librarianship · 2000 · 5.3K citations · Full text

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Categorization and Representation of Physics Problems by Experts and Novices*

T. H. Michelene, Paul J. Feltovich, Robert Glaser · Cognitive Science · 1981 · 5.2K citations

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Context theory of classification learning.

Douglas L. Medin, Marguerite M. Schaffer · Psychological Review · 1978 · 3K citations

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Concepts, kinds, and cognitive development

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 1.7K citations

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A neuropsychological theory of multiple systems in category learning.

F. Gregory Ashby, Leola A. Alfonso-Reese, And U. Turken et al. · Psychological Review · 1998 · 1.2K citations

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  1. SA
    Susan A. Gelman

    University of Michigan, United States

    52 publications · 6.6K citations

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  2. PC
    Paul C. Quinn

    University of Delaware, United States

    44 publications · 4.2K citations

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  3. SR
    Sandra R. Waxman

    Northwestern University, United States

    40 publications · 5K citations

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  4. LB
    Linda B. Smith

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    29 publications · 2.8K citations

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  5. MR
    Marjorie Rhodes

    New York University, United States

    23 publications · 1.5K citations

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Institutions

755

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    38 h-index

    88 publications

    10.5K citations

  2. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    33 h-index

    66 publications

    7.4K citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    30 h-index

    78 publications

    6.8K citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    30 h-index

    58 publications

    4.3K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    25 h-index

    46 publications

    4.7K citations

  6. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    25 h-index

    61 publications

    4.7K citations

  7. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    24 h-index

    48 publications

    5.4K citations

  8. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    22 h-index

    44 publications

    4.7K citations

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  1. Child Development

    246 publications · 19.5K citations

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  2. Cognition

    66 publications · 8.6K citations

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  3. Developmental Psychology

    90 publications · 5.5K citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

    JECP · 84 publications · 5K citations

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