Journal article
Developmental changes in inspection time: What a difference a year makes
Intelligence, Vol.29(6), pp.475-486
2001
Abstract
This paper provides a partial replication and extension of a classic longitudinal study by Nettelbeck and Wilson [J. Exp. Child Psychol. 40 (1985) 1] that compared the relative influence of maturation and task experience on developmental changes in inspection time (IT). In the study reported in this paper 226 children aged between 6 and 9 were tested on an IT task in Year 1 and immediately retested to assess the importance of task familiarity. They were also retested 1 year and 2 years later. Counter to Nettelbeck and Wilson's conclusion, analyses of these data comparing the relative difference made by age maturation and by task experience revealed that task experience has a much bigger effect on children's IT than maturation. The implications of this for wider theoretical interpretations of the relationship between IT and development are discussed.
Details
- Title
- Developmental changes in inspection time: What a difference a year makes
- Authors/Creators
- M. Anderson (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaC. Reid (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityJ. Nelson (Author/Creator) - The University of Western Australia
- Publication Details
- Intelligence, Vol.29(6), pp.475-486
- Identifiers
- 991005540713307891
- Copyright
- © 2001 Elsevier Science Inc.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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