Patterns of adaptation and school performance: A pilot study

A group of 34 pupils from two school classes (Class 8, M=13.1 yr., SD = 0.5 1 were administered the Serial Color-Word Test to assess the pattern of ada ptation during repeated exposure to the Stroop task (5 massed trials). The typological classification, centered on measures of linear (R) and nonlinea r (V) change of reading limes, employed norms derived from the medians of t he group. The Stabilized primary pattern (low R and low V) corresponded to higher grades, compared with the other 3 primary patterns. Concerning the s econdary classification across trials (based on the R and V of the 5 It, an d on the R and V of the 5 Vs!, better school performance was found among su bjects with a linear increase of linear changes across trials thigh R of th e 5 Rs; 6x pattern), compared with subjects with a nonlinear increase of li near changes (high V of the 5 Rs; D-R; and CDR patterns).