Distance estimates of children as a function of acquisition and response activities |
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Authors: | Robert Cohen David L Weatherford Diana Byrd |
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Affiliation: | Memphis State University USA |
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Abstract: | Second and sixth graders (8 and 12 years of age, respectively) experienced a large-scale environment either actively or passively followed by a distance estimation task requiring either active or passive activity. Second graders were most accurate in those conditions where acquisition and response activities were congruent. These children significantly overestimated distances in the passive acquisition-active response condition. Sixth graders were equally accurate across all four experimental conditions. Results are discussed in terms of the complex interaction between acquisition factors and task demands which influence interpretations about spatial representations. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be addressed to Robert Cohen Department of Psychology Memphis State University Memphis TN 38152. |
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