The effects of a memory aid on three types of conservation judgments |
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Authors: | John M Rybash Paul A Roodin Laraine F Sullivan |
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Affiliation: | Mohawk Valley Community College USA;State University of New York, College at Oswego USA;State University of New York, College at Oswego USA |
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Abstract: | Twelve boys and 12 girls at each of 3 ages (4, 5, and 6 years) were tested on three types of conservation judgments (qualitative, quantitative, and equivalence) on both continuous and discontinuous substances. Half of the subjects were provided a memory aid while the other half were not. Conservation ability was determined both with and without verbal justification. The memory aid increased the number of equivalence conservation responses only when verbal justification was not required. The number of subjects conserving on each of the three tasks varied as a function of the scoring criteria used. Type of materials, sex, and age effects were found. The role of transitive inferences and memory in the equivalence conservation task was discussed. Inconsistencies in previous research due to different scoring techniques were noted. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to Paul A. Roodin Department of Psychology State University of New York College at Oswego Oswego NY 13126. |
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