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Bertin, Evelin; Wong, Charlene; Striano, Tricia – Infant and Child Development, 2016
Seven- to 12-month-olds were trained to press levers that contingently activated lights. Infants had the choice of turning on either a light an adult interaction partner was looking at or a light that she turned away from. By 9 months, infants reliably turned on the light that the adult was looking at. In a second study, 9- and 12-month-old…
Descriptors: Infants, Social Cognition, Infant Behavior, Object Manipulation
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Rico, Ramon; Sanchez-Manzanares, Miriam; Antino, Mirko; Lau, Dora – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2012
This study tests whether the detrimental effects of strong diversity faultlines on team performance can be counteracted by combining 2 managerial strategies: task role crosscutting and superordinate goals. We conducted a 2 (crosscut vs. aligned roles) x 2 (superordinate vs. subgroup goals) experimental study. Seventy-two 4-person teams with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Group Dynamics, Teamwork, Gender Differences
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Blewitt, Pamela; Durkin, Marcie – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Depending on age and the demands of the task, people may use different processing strategies in object categorization. Three-year-olds used a wholistic approach with strong effects of object typicality on three categorization tasks. Older children and adults showed differential effects of typicality, suggesting various strategies including…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Age Differences, Classification