The Effect of Experience on Children's Ability to Show Response and Place Learning

Autor/inn/en	Bullens, Jessie; Szekely, Eszter; Vedder, Anneke; Postma, Albert
Titel	The Effect of Experience on Children's Ability to Show Response and Place Learning
Quelle	In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 28 (2010) 4, S.909-920 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-510X
DOI	10.1348/026151010X487285
Schlagwörter	Experience; Children; Child Development; Orientation; Spatial Ability; Cues; Age Differences; Learning; Memory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erfahrung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kindesentwicklung; Orientierung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Stichwort; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Lernen; Gedächtnis
Abstract	From a developmental perspective, it has been reasoned that over the course of development children make differential use of available landmarks in the surroundings to orient in space. The present study examined whether children can learn to apply different spatial strategies, focusing on different landmark cues. Children aged 7 and 10 years were tested on an object-location memory task in which they learned a location relative to a direct cue or to indirect cues. Both age groups performed equally well on the direct test condition. However, children 7 years of age had difficulties with orienting relative to the indirect landmarks. Interestingly, their performance increased significantly with more relevant experience. Different explanations for these findings are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10