[Analyses of preschool children's task choices based on the objective and subjective task difficulty levels]

In this experiment, younger (4-year-olds) and older (6-year-olds) preschool children's task choices were analyzed based on the objective and subjective task difficulty levels. First, preschool children's understanding of the objective task difficulty levels was examined. While most older children understood the objective task difficulty levels, younger children did not. No understandable children's subjective task difficulty levels were checked. Next, younger and older children's task choices were analyzed respectively based on the objective task difficulty levels. As a result, there was no difference between an easy task choice and a moderate or a difficult task choice in both of them. Then, understandable children's task choices were reanalyzed based on the objective task difficulty levels and no understandable children's task choices were reanalyzed based on their subjective task difficulty levels. As a result, younger children chose an easy task more than a moderate or a difficult task. On the other hand, older children chose a moderate or a difficult task more than an easy one.