Generality with Specificity: The Dynamic Field Theory Generalizes across Tasks and Time Scales

Autor/inn/en	Simmering, Vanessa R.; Spencer, John P.
Titel	Generality with Specificity: The Dynamic Field Theory Generalizes across Tasks and Time Scales
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 11 (2008) 4, S.541-555 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00700.x
Schlagwörter	Recall (Psychology); Theories; Generalization; Young Children; Adults; Models; Child Behavior; Child Development; Cognitive Development; Short Term Memory; Time + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abberufung; Theory; Theorie; Frühe Kindheit; Analogiemodell; Kindesentwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Zeit
Abstract	A central goal in cognitive and developmental science is to develop models of behavior that can generalize across both tasks and development while maintaining a commitment to detailed behavioral prediction. This paper presents tests of one such model, the Dynamic Field Theory (DFT). The DFT was originally proposed to capture delay-dependent biases in spatial recall and developmental changes in spatial recall performance. More recently, the theory was generalized to adults' performance in a second spatial working memory task, position discrimination. Here we use the theory to predict a specific, complex developmental pattern in position discrimination. Data with 3- to 6-year-old children and adults confirm these predictions, demonstrating that the DFT achieves generality across tasks and time scales, as well as the specificity necessary to generate novel, falsifiable predictions. (As Provided).
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