Comparison of two preference assessment procedures and the effect of before versus after preference assessment on children's discrimination learning

<p>Using both incomplete and complete triads methods , dimensional preference (form or color) was assessed in 121 children (mean age 79.1 months) either before or after performance in a discrimination learning task to determine the effect which prior preference tests have upon the relations between dimensional preference and discrimination learning. The results indicated little support for the perceptual-differentiation hypothesis and some support for both the attentional hypothesis and the developmental-mediational hypothesis . The complete triads method was recommended as an improvement over the incomplete triads and opposed cues methods of preference assessment because the former allows E to determine Ss ability to function in his nonpreferred dimension.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

1973

Author dc:creator

• Kaufman, Lynn Willis

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kenneth L. Beauchamp

• Discrimination learning
• Child psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1825

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2824