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Martarelli, Corinna S.; Mast, Fred W. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2013
Children aged 3 to 8 years old and adults were tested on a reality–fantasy distinction task. They had to judge whether particular entities were real or fantastical, and response times were collected. We further manipulated whether the entity is a specific character or a generic fantastical entity. The results indicate that children, unlike adults,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Adults, Fantasy, Realism
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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