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ERIC Number: EJ268746
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Jun
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Children's Avoidance of Environmental, Simple Task Internal, and Complex Task Internal Distractors.
Humphrey, Mary M.
Child Development, v53 n3 p736-45 Jun 1982
Examines distraction effects in terms of the information processing necessary to discriminate distractors from task-relevant information and with regard to a child's ability to meet those demands. Thirty kindergarteners, 30 second graders, and 27 fourth graders participated in the study. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Kindergarten Children, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Recall (Psychology), Recognition (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Distraction