The Role of Information-processing Capacity in the Conserving Operation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5269067 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vernon Hamilton (University of Reading), Gilles Launay (University of Reading) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191-201 |
| Publication date | 1976-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1976.tb01510.x |
| OpenAlex | W2028885046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Previous studies had shown that success in solving conservation of quantity problems varies with the amount of information contained in the problem, and that there are individual differences in coping with increasing informational loads. Amount of information was defined by the number of equational steps required for the solution of a problem. In testing the validity of this definition, it was predicted that criterion groups of subjects would differ significantly in other test situations measuring information-processing capacity. Groups of 10 non-conservers, 30 poor conservers, and 47 good conservers were selected from a subject pool of 150 aged between 6 and 9 years. The validation was carried out on card-sorting tasks differing in binary choice demands, and on coding tasks differing in the number of primary stimuli and the number of recoding steps. Most of the predictions received highly reliable confirmation
Algorithm · Arithmetic · Binary number · Coding (social sciences) · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Information processing · Sorting · Statistics · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Computer Science · Mathematics · Multi-Criteria Decision Making · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 1982 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |