Long-Term Transfer of Learning from Books and Video during Toddlerhood

Autor/inn/en	Brito, Natalie; Barr, Rachel; McIntyre, Paula; Simcock, Gabrielle
Titel	Long-Term Transfer of Learning from Books and Video during Toddlerhood
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 111 (2012) 1, S.108-119 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2011.08.004
Schlagwörter	Video Technology; Television Viewing; Picture Books; Transfer of Training; Toddlers; Long Term Memory; Comparative Analysis; Control Groups; Retention (Psychology); Imitation; Cognitive Processes; Child Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fernsehkonsum; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Langzeitgedächtnis; Merkfähigkeit; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Kinderpsychologie
Abstract	Television viewing and picture book reading are prevalent activities during toddlerhood, and research has shown that toddlers can imitate from both books and videos after short delays. This is the first study to directly compare toddlers' long-term retention rates for target actions learned from a video or book. Toddlers (N = 158) at 18- and 24-months of age saw an experimenter demonstrating how to make a novel three-step toy rattle via a prerecorded video or a picture book. The toddlers' imitation of the target actions was tested after a specific delay (e.g., 2, 4 weeks), and their performance was compared with that of age-matched controls who did not see a demonstration. The 18-month-olds retained the target actions for 2 weeks, exhibiting forgetting at 4 weeks, whereas the 24-month-olds retained the information for up to 4 weeks, exhibiting forgetting at 8 weeks. Retention rates for books and videos did not differ at either age. These findings demonstrate very impressive retention from a brief two-dimensional media demonstration, and they contribute to our overall understanding of long-term memory processes during infancy. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10