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The Discriminability of Form Among Young Children
Gaines, Rosslyn – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Though increasing complexity increased the difficulty of discrimination of form, nursery school, kindergarten, and first grade children were all above chance in performance, older children being superior. The results are discussed in relation to developmental perceptual theory. Portions of this paper were presented at the American Psychological…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Discrimination Learning, Geometric Concepts
Facilitation of Transposition and Reversal Learning in Children by Prior Perceptual Training
Tighe, Thomas J.; Tighe, Louise S – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
This study supported by a Public Health Service Research Grant, establishes "that discrimination reversal learning and transposition can be markedly facilitated by a common training procedure which is essentially perceptual in nature. (Author)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Learning Theories, Mediation Theory, Perceptual Development
Problem Solving and the Perceptual Salience of Variability and Constancy: A Developmental Study
Odom, Richard D.; Guzman, Richard D. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1970
Age and condition (either constancy-relevant or variability-relevant) interact, with the youngest group in the constancy-relevant condition performing most poorly on concept identification tasks. (MH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning
Perceptual Variables in the Transposition Behavior of Children
Tighe, Thomas J.; Tighe, Louise S – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Research supported by Public Health Service Research Grant MH-11088 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Discrimination Learning, Grade 1, Perception
Oddity Learning and Learning Sets in Children
Saravo, Anne; Gollin, Eugene S. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Project carried out under Contract No. PH 43 65-1011 between the Public Health Service, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development and the Fels Research Institute.
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Discrimination Learning, Mediation Theory
Size-Constancy in Children Measured by a Functional Size-Discrimination Task
Rapoport, Judith L. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Research supported by Public Health Service Special Fellowship 15,590.
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, College Students, Discrimination Learning