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RECOGNITION AND INFERENCE IN THE CO‐ORDINATION OF PERSPECTIVES
Author(s) -
EISER CHRISTINE
Publication year - 1974
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.2044-8279.1974.tb00786.x
Subject(s) - egocentrism , inference , psychology , subject (documents) , statistical inference , cognitive psychology , social psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science , statistics , mathematics , library science
S ummary . Previous research on the child's ability to predict the viewpoint of another has typically used either ( a ) a recognition procedure, in which the subject views the model from different perspectives prior to selecting the viewpoint required, or ( b ) an inference procedure, in which the subject makes his choice after viewing the model from one position only. An experiment is reported which directly compares the effects of these two procedures, and demonstrates less egocentrism in a recognition than in an inference condition. It is suggested that this distinction can help explain some apparent anomalies in the results of earlier research.