Sensory Modality, Temperament, and the Development of Sustained Attention: A Vigilance Study in Children and Adults

Autor/inn/en	Curtindale, Lori; Laurie-Rose, Cynthia; Bennett-Murphy, Laura; Hull, Sarah
Titel	Sensory Modality, Temperament, and the Development of Sustained Attention: A Vigilance Study in Children and Adults
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 43 (2007) 3, S.576-589 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Adults; Stimulation; Children; Attention Span; Attention Control; Grade 2; Questionnaires; Auditory Perception; Visual Perception; Correlation; Age Differences; Predictor Variables; Personality; Personality Measures; Higher Education; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Aufmerksamkeitstest; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Fragebogen; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Korrelation; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Prädiktor; Personalität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	Applying optimal stimulation theory, the present study explored the development of sustained attention as a dynamic process. It examined the interaction of modality and temperament over time in children and adults. Second-grade children and college-aged adults performed auditory and visual vigilance tasks. Using the Carey temperament questionnaires (S. C. McDevitt & W. B. Carey, 1995), the authors classified participants according to temperament composites of reactivity and task orientation. In a preliminary study, tasks were equated across age and modality using d= matching procedures. In the main experiment, 48 children and 48 adults performed these calibrated tasks. The auditory task proved more difficult for both children and adults. Intermodal relations changed with age: Performance across modality was significantly correlated for children but not for adults. Although temperament did not significantly predict performance in adults, it did for children. The temperament effects observed in children-specifically in those with the composite of reactivity-occurred in connection with the auditory task and in a manner consistent with theoretical predictions derived from optimal stimulation theory. (Author).
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