Development of search procedures in real-life spatial environments.

Wellman, Henry W.; Somerville, Susan C.; Haake, Robert

doi:10.1037/0012-1649.15.5.530

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“…Since previous studies have also obtained evidence that young preschoolers can use information logically in their searches (e.g. Wellman et al, 1979;Sophian & Wellman, 1980;Somerville & Capuani-Shumaker, 1984) it is primarily in the information-acquisition skills demonstrated here that the present findings go beyond previous findings of early logical abilities. The ability to acquire, and not just to use, relevant information is important both practically and theoretically.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

The development of indirect search strategies

Sophian¹,

Wellman

1987

British J of Dev Psycho

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Two experiments with 3‐ and 5‐year‐old children investigated the development of indirect search strategies. Two components of indirect search were evaluated: the acquisition of indirect search information and the utilization of that information to target further searches effectively. Even 3‐year‐olds showed some use of both components of indirect search, although they were more likely than 5‐year‐olds to search in places where previous indirect searches had indicated the target object could not be. An intriguing aspect of the results was that children were not necessarily any more efficient in their indirect searches than they would have been with a direct approach to the problem. This suggests that children actively strive to develop strategies for solving problems intelligently, even when those strategies do not produce any immediate improvement over direct or rote procedures.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

The development of indirect search strategies

Sophian¹,

Wellman

1987

British J of Dev Psycho

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“…These studies show that infants' actions are future-oriented. Yet, under six months of age, infants are not capable of planning tasks that are more than simple, known and routine (Wellman, Somerville et al 1979). For example, four-month-old infants search where the object disappeared and where they last saw it reappearing.…”

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confidence: 99%

Fitting objects into holes: On the development of spatial cognition skills.

Örnkloo¹,

Hofsten²

2007

Developmental Psychology

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The authors examined 14-to 26-month-old infants' understanding of the spatial relationships between objects and apertures in an object manipulation task. The task was to insert objects with various cross-sections (circular, square, rectangular, ellipsoid, and triangular) into fitting apertures. A successful solution required the infant to mentally rotate the object to be fit into the aperture and use that information to plan the action. The object was presented standing up in half of the trials; in the other half, it was lying down. The results showed that infants solved the problem consistently from age 22 months and that a successful solution was associated with appropriate preadjustments before the hand arrived with the block to the aperture. No sex differences were found.

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“…Representing simple paths of an object becomes possible with the capacity for relating two representations at age 4, and representing complex paths becomes possible with the capacity for relating complex variations in representations at age 6 or 7. Research on search in tasks different from Piaget's generally supports this prediction (see, e.g., DeVries, 1970;Drozdal & Flavell, 1975;Gratch, 1964;Wellman, Somerville, & Haake, 1979;Jennings, Note 3).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 73%