Reversal Shifting: Its Stability and Relation to Intelligence at Two Developmental Levels.

Brier, Norman; Jacobs, Paul I.

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Reversal Shifting: Its Stability and Relation to Intelligence at Two Developmental Levels

Brier, Norman; Jacobs, Paul I.

Child Development, 43, 4, 1230-41, Dec 72

A single administration of the reversal learning paradigm is not a sufficient basis for determining either a given subject's choice of option or his behavior on its constituent learning measures. This conclusion raises many questions about past research relating to mediation theory, since this paradigm has been the basic one employed. (Authors)

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Grade 2, Intelligence Differences, Kindergarten Children, Measurement Instruments, Mediation Theory, Shift Studies, Task Performance

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