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Direct linkBeck, Sarah R.; Apperly, Ian A.; Chappell, Jackie; Guthrie, Carlie; Cutting, Nicola – Cognition, 2011
Tool making evidences intelligent, flexible thinking. In Experiment 1, we confirmed that 4- to 7-year-olds chose a hook tool to retrieve a bucket from a tube. In Experiment 2, 3- to 5-year-olds consistently failed to innovate a simple hook tool. Eight-year-olds performed at mature levels. In contrast, making a tool following demonstration was easy…
Descriptors: Experiments, Children, Thinking Skills, Age Differences
Paik, Jae H.; Mix, Kelly S. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2006
Previous research has emphasized the role of within-match similarity in children's comparisons. The current study investigated another potentially important contributing factor, namely the distinctiveness of the matching items relative to other items in the scene. Using a well-known relational mapping task, we found that 3- and 4-year-olds made…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Comparative Analysis
