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The effect of instructions on view‐specificity in young children's drawing and picture selection
Author(s) -
Beal Carole R.,
Arnold David S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of developmental psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2044-835X
pISSN - 0261-510X
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-835x.1990.tb00853.x
Subject(s) - selection (genetic algorithm) , task (project management) , psychology , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , management , economics
While young children have been characterized as drawing what they know rather than what they see, recent research has shown that they can make view‐specific drawings under some task conditions. The goals of this experiment were first, to learn if 5‐year‐old children would draw and select view‐specific pictures of a mug with its handle turned out of view when the task instructions emphasized this as the goal, and second, to compare performance on the drawing and picture selection tasks. Children participated in both tasks after hearing either a standard or clarified version of the instructions. The results showed first, that children who heard the clarified instructions were more likely to provide view‐specific responses on both tasks, and second, that children were more likely to give a view‐specific response on the picture selection task than on the drawing task.