Premium
CONSERVATION IN COMMUNITY SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM THE MADANG, SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS, AND NORTH SOLOMONS PROVINCES OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Author(s) -
Shea John D.,
Ogaiea Mundea,
Bagara Bernadette
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207598308247474
Subject(s) - new guinea , consistency (knowledge bases) , geography , socioeconomics , psychology , demography , ethnology , sociology , mathematics , geometry
Three hundred and eight primary level boys and girls from the Madang, North Solomons, and Southern Highlands Provinces of Papua New Guinea were tested for conservation of number, length, quantity, and area. School grade, and age were related to performance in some cases, though sex had little effect. There were significant differences between the language‐culture groups tested on three of the four conservation tasks. Since there was little consistency of performance over the four tasks, it was suggested that explanations of the variations of cognitive performance found within Papua New Guinea, and between Papua New Guinean groups and others may need to give attention to specific characteristics of each group's environment.