DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF MIDDLENESS IN CHILDREN - RESPONSE-TIME AND COMPLEXITY

Authors
COX RH WILLIAMS K
Citation
Rh. Cox et K. Williams, DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF MIDDLENESS IN CHILDREN - RESPONSE-TIME AND COMPLEXITY, Perceptual and motor skills, 77(3), 1993, pp. 1275-1281
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
77
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Part
2
Pages
1275 - 1281
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1993)77:3<1275:DOTCOM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
24 boys and 16 girls ages 4 through 7 years were tested on an apparatu s that required children to select the middle of 3, 5, 7, or 9 stimulu s lights when arranged adjacent to one another and when spaced symmetr ically or asymmetrically. Analysis indicated response time decreased w ith age and increased as a function of the number of stimulus lights i n the task. Time to respond to asymmetrical arrangements was greater t han for problems whose stimuli were arranged symmetrically.