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Peer reviewedBlock, Jack; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1974
Discusses the discrepancy between the conceptualization of reflection-impulsivity and its operationalization. In a study of 100 children, the separate contributions of latency and accuracy were evaluated. Data indicated that accuracy had important personality concomitants; latency was inconsequential. (Author/SDH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conceptual Tempo, Individual Characteristics, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedSmith, J. David; Caplan, Janet – Developmental Psychology, 1988
A cross-age technique was used in two studies to extend understanding of cognitive style development and its cross-cultural generality. Chinese-American children were given the Matching Familiar Figures Test. Results were compared with existing data to determine the style development of children from other cultures. (PCB)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedKagan, Jerome – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Reply by Jerome Kagan to a recent article by Block, Gjerde, and Block (1986) which questions the validity of the construct of reflection-impulsivity. Kagan alleges flaws in the logic of the authors' (Block, Gjerde, Block) position and in the inferences drawn from their data. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Conceptual Tempo
Peer reviewedBlock, Jack – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Responds to the arguments and evidence adduced by Kagan (1987) in his reply to the Block, Gjerde, and Block (1986) study questioning the validity of the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT) as a measure of "reflection-impulsivity." (Author)
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Conceptual Tempo
Peer reviewedBlock, Jack; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
As part of a longitudinal study, Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT) performance was assessed at age 11 and related to California Child Q-Sort evaluations obtained both concurrently and at age 14. Offers evidence for a "competence" interpretation rather than a "conceptual tempo" interpretation of the MFFT and strongly…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Conceptual Tempo, Error of Measurement
Peer reviewedNicholls, John G.; Miller, Arden T. – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Kindergarten through eighth-grade children were presented with two revisions (luck and skill) of the Matching Familiar Figures Test. Questioning about performance of hypothetical others revealed four levels of differentiation of luck and skill. These levels showed parallels with age-related changes in conceptions of difficulty, effort, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Children
Peer reviewedGjerde, Per F.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1985
In a longitudinal sample of three- through 11-year-olds, age-appropriate versions of the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT) were administered. Uncorrected for attenuation, MFFT error scores were more consistent over time than MFFT latency scores for both girls and boys. Implications of results for validity of MFFT as a measure of cognitive…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Intelligence Quotient, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedRidberg, Eugene H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Cognitive style was modified in a sample of 50 impulsive and 50 reflective fourth-grade boys. Subjects viewed a film-mediated model displaying a response style opposite to their own cognitive style. The specific cues in the model's behavior which facilitated shifts in cognitive style varied with the intellectual levels of the subject. (Author/WY)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Films, Grade 4
Peer reviewedGrant, Richard A. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
The relation between Matching Familiar Figures Test performance and Piaget's construct of perceptual activity was examined with 48 third- and fourth-grade boys. (SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Perceptual Development, Research
