Object Exploration in 3- to 7-Year-Old Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13652756 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Magdalena Śniegulska (0000-0002-6361-2843, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities), Wojciech Pisula (0000-0001-5777-0549, Polish Academy of Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 528-539 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/10.11.pr0.113x19z1 |
| PMID | 24597446 |
| OpenAlex | W2015623759 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
The aim of the present study was to analyze free exploration of an unfamiliar, novel object in a semi-natural environment in 189 preschool children aged 3 to 7 years. The study used a purpose-built, novel, and complex stimulus object. Each child was shown the complex object lying on the floor and asked to explore it for 15 minutes. The child's behavior was video recorded. Age-dependent differences were found in the children's exploratory activity. No sex differences were found. Cluster analysis showed four main behavioral patterns that differed in their qualitative and quantitative parameters. Cluster membership was mainly age-dependent and not sex-specific. The results showed individual and developmental differences among the preschoolers with respect to their exploratory activity. This should be taken into account by school psychologists and teachers when designing the educational tasks and play situations
Cluster (spacecraft · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Exploratory research · Object (grammar · Stimulus (psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Child and Animal Learning Development · Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |