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Intertask Correspondence in the Five to Seven Shift: Transposition, Cue Interference, and Spatial Memory
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Corsini, David A.; Berg, Allan J. – Child Development, 1973
Examines the interrelationships of task performances and developmental changes of 4-, 6-, and 8-year-olds. Significant developmental changes were observed on transposition, cue interference, and spatial memory. The pattern of intercorrelations between tasks suggested a high degree of correspondence across tasks. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Discrimination Learning, Measurement
Trials per Problem and Age as Factors in Learning Set Formation of Children.
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Cameron, Catherine Ann – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1979
Discrimination learning set performance was examined in preschool children as a function of age and number of trials per problem. Subjects were 120 children three, four, five, and six years old. (MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Foreign Countries, Patterned Responses
Derived Stimulus-Response and Stimulus-Stimulus Relations in Children and Adults: Assessing Training Order Effects.
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Smeets, Paul M.; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot; Roche, Bryan – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2001
Trained preschoolers and adults on three sets of successive discriminations with stimuli labeled A, B, and R. Tested for derived stimulus-response relations and stimulus-stimulus relations. Adults displayed class-consistent B-R and A-B performances over all conditions. Children's display of class-consistent B-R performance varied by training…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning