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Peer reviewedSpencer, John P.; Smith, Linda B.; Thelen, Esther – Child Development, 2001
Five experiments tested hypothesis that the A-not-B error results from general processes that make goal-directed actions to remembered locations. Findings showed that 2-year-olds' performance on the A trial was accurate. When the object was hidden at Location B, searches after 10-second delay were biased in the direction of Location A. This bias…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Error Patterns, Memory, Prior Learning
Peer reviewedSchutte, Anne R.; Spencer, John P. – Child Development, 2002
Tested predictions of dynamic field theory in study of 3-year-olds' location memory errors in task with homogeneous task space. Found that young children's spatial memory responses are affected by delay- and experience-dependent processes as well as the geometric structure of the task space. Both dynamic field theory and category adjustment models…
Descriptors: Bias, Cognitive Development, Error Patterns, Memory
