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The effects of dimensional naming upon children's performance in a modified optional shift problem.

E L Kobayashi¹, J H Cantor

¹Department of Psychology Institute of Child Behavior and Development, University of Iowa, 52242, Iowa City, Iowa.

Memory & Cognition

|January 29, 2011

Summary

Children

Area of Science:

Cognitive psychology
Developmental psychology
Learning theory

Background:

Understanding how children learn to shift attention is crucial for cognitive development.
Previous research has explored attentional set-shifting in children, but concurrent task administration offers a novel approach.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effects of verbalizing relevant versus irrelevant dimensions during a shift task on subsequent reversal and nonreversal responding in second-grade children.
To test predictions derived from an extension of Hull-Spence discrimination learning theory.

Main Methods:

A modified optional shift paradigm was employed with 120 second-grade children.
Shift and test tasks were administered concurrently.
Participants verbalized either the previously relevant or irrelevant dimension during the shift learning phase.

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Main Results:

Children verbalizing the previously relevant dimension showed increased reversal responding in the test task.
Children verbalizing the previously irrelevant dimension exhibited increased nonreversal responding.

Conclusions:

The findings support the extension of Hull-Spence discrimination learning theory.
Verbalizing task-relevant information influences attentional flexibility and learning strategies in children.