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ERIC Number: EJ363924
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Young Children's Spontaneous Inspection of Negative Instances in a Search Task.
Sugarman, Susan
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v44 n2 p170-91 Oct 1987
Forty toddlers, 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 years of age, and 8 adults, searched for stickers that were hidden underneath two discretely different classes of objects embedded in arrays containing several classes. Study results suggest that the children appear to have been attempting to determine which kinds of choices were the wrong ones. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Problem Solving, Search Strategies, Spontaneous Behavior, Task Analysis, Toddlers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Reflective Thought; Search Behavior