The Development of the Ability to Decenter in Time

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5268887
AutoresRichard F Cromer (Medical Research Council, autor de correspondencia)
Año1971
Volumen62
Número3
Páginas353-365
Fecha de publicación1971-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8295.1971.tb02046.x
PMID5160438
OpenAlexW1981163987
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15

In order to study children's developing ability to decenter temporally, an experiment was designed analogous to Piaget's three-mountain problem concerned with spatial decentering. Two types of temporal decentering were studied. It was found that decentering correlated with verbal mental age. Children did not begin to decenter until after MA 4:11; it was not until after MA 5:11 that essentially all children decentered. Analysis of errors and of repetitions of the sentences used showed that ability to decenter did not depend on linguistic form, although some forms (e.g. the perfect tenses) led to more incorrect responses. Decentering which involved coordination of temporal viewpoints proved the most difficult

Cognitive psychology · Physics · Viewpoints · Child and Animal Learning Development · Psychology