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EFFECTS OF UNFAMILIARITY ON THE OVERT VERBALISATION AND PERCEPTUAL MOTOR BEHAVIOUR OF NURSERY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Author(s) -
BROWN R. I.,
SEMPLE LORNA
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1970.tb02134.x
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , developmental psychology , pre school , neuroscience
S ummary . A group of nursery school children from poor socio‐economic conditions were subjected to familiar and unfamiliar social and physical conditions. Under unfamiliar conditions, even with opportunity to learn the tasks beforehand, children showed decreased motor‐perceptual and verbal behaviour. They also showed freezing behaviour similar to fear reactions in other animals together with global gazing. Some practical suggestions are made with regard to handling this behaviour in clinical situations together with indications for further research.