The Development of Transitivity of Length in Young Children |
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| Authors: | Belinda L. Blevins Robert G. Cooper jr. |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , University of Arkansas at Little Rock , USA;2. Department of Psychology , Southwest Texas State University , USA |
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| Abstract: | This research examined whether developmental changes occur in young children's abilities to learn transitive information. Children 4 years 6 months to 5 years 6 months and 6 to 7 years were asked to learn a series, A > B > C, or a nonseries, A > B, C > D. Younger children took longer to learn the series than the nonseries. Children learning the series correctly answered the inference question, but could not distinguish between situations in which it was possible or impossible to make inferences. The results suggest that there are developmental changes in transitivity abilities and that transitivity is a concept that emerges gradually. |
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