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DISCRIMINATION LEARNING AND THE STUDY OF TRANSFER IN YOUNG CHILDREN
Author(s) -
BRYANT P. E.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1971.tb02004.x
Subject(s) - psychology , transfer (computing) , transfer of learning , dimension (graph theory) , developmental psychology , transfer of training , cognitive psychology , visual perception , communication , perception , neuroscience , computer science , mathematics , parallel computing , pure mathematics
In discrimination learning experiments the location and dimension of distinctive cues are typically confounded. This raises the possibility that what has been described as dimensional transfer may be transfer of a response to a specific location within the visual display. This possibility was investigated in two experiments in which young children were subjects. In the first experiment it was shown that young children are able to transfer on the basis of the location of the relevant cues within the visual display. In the second experiment the strengths of dimensional and locational transfer were directly compared. Five‐year‐old children showed stronger locational than dimensional transfer, while 7‐year‐olds showed only dimensional transfer.