The Development of the Ability to Decenter in Time

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5268887
AutoresRichard F Cromer (Medical Research Council, autor correspondente)
Ano1971
Volume62
Fascículo3
Páginas353-365
Data de publicação1971-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8295.1971.tb02046.x
PMID5160438
OpenAlexW1981163987
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15

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