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CRITERIA OF SUCCESS IN A DEVELOPMENTAL STUDY OF ODDITY LEARNING
Author(s) -
BROWN ANN L.,
LLOYD BARBARA B.
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.tb02006.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , set (abstract data type) , dimension (graph theory) , significant difference , learning disability , statistics , mathematics , computer science , pure mathematics , programming language
Equal numbers of boys and girls in five groups of restricted CA and IQ were tested on a standard three‐position planometric oddity problem. The relationship of CA and oddity learning was examined for instrumental and verbal criteria. Four experimental conditions assessing the effects of form (both geometric and life‐like) and colour as the vehicle dimension for oddity were employed. The instrumental criterion was first met by a majority of subjects in the 5‐year‐old group. Majority achievement of the verbal criterion first occurred in the 6‐year‐old group. Verbal justification shifted from ‘same’ to ‘difference’ explanations with age. Initial training on either form stimuli set led to greater success than initial colour training.