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have oberved that computers could sptenatealytansorn sity of pt into
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emplyaicogeneseexhnige, As ou may real os Caper 2 microgenetic tay
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th kode aii beng sued —that they are lose to movng ea hghes level
‘tondestnlng Retna ober the ciren in several reson over me a hey
tsp to salve a varity of roles that anesthe ability of interest. The goal is 0
Steere process of change ar the change occur. While longitudinal esearch gives
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2. Kiow does he information proesing approach rele a commute etn?
3 What se the strengths andimieaions of ontons nthe information
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4 Wine can we laa fom mierogenetic ies of cognition?
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fine. To be aed all information mas fist enter the bran trough the ese Once
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"Memory changes with development. Infant’ and young chlderis nemory capa
fgg equi limite in comparcon to that of cer cilden. Thus the development of
smtemory—of how inorontion i ken in stored nd rived —and its eects on
‘Sle ability to proces information bare bea earl focus for information po
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sample that» year-old in fst grade lasroom has us head word forthe fist
time. This word ener the senery mut, where er image of tls canbe hl,
bony fora mater ofmilleconds, The word then moves to sorerm or working
‘memory the cater fr actve and consous pressing. Alehough information rypeaiy
Fema in shoretem memory fr oly fe cond various rts may pol i
Finally the word may be erancered ong. trm momar, whore can ext deity
Gating the word long-term memory’ th aches goal when presenting = new em
tobe ltmed Yau ave thats of word stoned in your pentanent memory
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Basic Memory Processes in Infancy
Inte infancy children begin o constut thee memories ough cial interaction and
soci medation.Tn event memory, for empl, chlren dersop cit frequen of
Salar seins or routine erent nth Gly world (Nelson, 196) expe rep
sentation af the pial sequence of retin unl contet. Children come ta egal
‘hei sei such 5 the "bt party serge or he "ing tthe oreo he "Bing,
‘3 way home" sexpe—ae natural and lg and mayeven rei tempt change them
Seri aeboh the podact andthe proces of constucve nian ean ad to both
improved memory and memory distortion. Consrucivememary fer the wi tht
india inept the infomation hey ake in rom the word tem ofthe pees
ining knowdedge,whichaffce what they rennet Patents andar eprops
zac eves during tcl interetion tp chilies devel event nemory ad sen
te memo. Autobiographical memory, on the other hang fers ope, peso,
snd long lating memory abo the elt Autobiographical memory oct infomation
abou unique event rca the fist dy of schol ors vacton to th beach, These me
ses are pict foe ie istry and ae cll constructed ough verb and scl
‘Event memory and sutbiogaphical memory ae of pticlrintret oscil
‘url theorists, However, schol using the information proceming approach at
ten two othe base oem of memory ht eis ininfn recognition and rl. Reso
ion memory seer tothe alization that me objet you are cent percirng at
‘vent hasbeen entered blo When you ini the core anewer amyl
Shoice tes for example, you rely oa esognition memory Recall memory refers 0 the
‘steal oFbome pan objec or even whens nu pescepuly preset sing sty
{est forcample rz good reall metmnry Mich ofthe ber that you peda at
2 nl woul be impose fou lacked the apa to rcogize and eal previoly
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Aecopniion Memory Can infants recognize previouly experienced information? Yes
Indeed Maay ofthe findings rm the ty infin person dss in Chapter §
‘ee cognition. Far example, n onder o prefer thir mothers wc, ifn mt
‘eramber that vice. The most common method of tidying wecogiton meory in
lnfincy ha ben the habiution-dtabivation procedure, decribed in Chapter 7.
ehitnionoccarea tims becomes ua snd che inf’ response to dies.
This dain i ponble only if the infane can recone heels for al fo a
Without sch memory the infant would experience erry penance ofthe smal
‘ove! event Simi bization can ona ony i the int ble compe the
"oy simul some memory ofthe oii.
Recognition memory fet emenges from birth and possibly even exter, Thue
‘ren a newborn infant can show habituation acros a range of modalities: vss
(Sines ah, 1991; Tarai eta, 2006), aadieory (lac, Weis, 8 Targuine, 1991),
And cactile (Kislewnky fe Moi, 1984), Seudis of recogition memory i infants
onstrate wry sot-tera memoey. A infnts develop the length of time duting
which they can member cei experience eal inceses, son reaching ips
five levels ByS months of age, babies can rengnizea photo af face etl viewed
for only ewo minutes, after delay of two weeks (Fagan, 1973), With « more
Arms, moving simul, ecogtion hes been demonstrated across a three-month
kay for babies who were nly 3month old the time final expvare (abvck 8
Pickens, 1995) Newborns can remember speech stimuli across a period ofa east
2 hours (Swain, Zelze, 8 Clifton, 1993)- And, ae noted in Chapter 6, tudicr of|
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Recall Memory Can infants noe only recognize familiar simul or events but sso
‘cv cal sch tml or events to mind? Recall memory i dif t study ini
fancy because inate cannot produc verbal reports or duwings to show wha ey
recall, Nonetheer, studies of deferced imitation provide compeling evidence of
fecal memory in infaney Ar you readin Chapter 7 infants at young ae 6 oredks
lemonstrae some depeeof il eprodicing# models tongue prausion 24 hours
afer they Hee maw it By 14 months, nfnts an real nani setions ke presi
‘ne forehead agin panel orn om light» ull A months ater they witnesed
fm.adae doing this (Melo, 1995).
Tus also can eal and imitate single sequences of action (Baer, 2002; Bast
tal, 2000). Three mont als fr cml an sprue three acon sequencer
‘rents sich a ring ey ear ath replace ina hen wc wh sponge en Sy
‘wth wel er eonstucing ample a (plats alin age aver smal cp in
‘hake) (aver 8 Manes 1992) By 24 months children can remember sequences of AE
‘sons Baber Travis 193), an by 30 months chien can ean as many a ight =>
‘rate steps (Bau: 8 Fiush, 1992, Mor) for the ode in which eves os 31 =
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on fr to-ction equnors ha been demote afer ca months rin who wee
‘nly 10 moms old a the ne finial earning (Carer 6 Bane, 2001 Infants wi
1 month old the Se of earing show me eal of thee action sequence ht
ont iter (Bae, Hergurd, &¢ Do 19) Inone say (McDonough and Mandl
1994) infant remembered sequences ction, ke the ted bear ae ae tks fall
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‘infu naesis—the inability to emer experiences fom te re eno ox
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be contig to sty deren acting betaia,
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‘evar her's spp tie fest and mines
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‘harap. Toy ate more eben th tern king an
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memorable sipereces those whee 3 eh isn atonal
falr ads eer behav, chal petrmace, ad soos
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Inmagic that you are cononed with the following rk. ALK of word auch att
n Table. iapronted toy at the ac af one every eons A M-mce dela fle
[Ewsthe last word and you mst the ell many of he words poe, How ight
you peoced?|
‘Adu faced with suc tae Henly to do x ait of thing to blp threes
emer They may sty the words over and over a th it x prevented an ring the
‘lay pti They may seek make te Ie more memorable by grouping the word int
‘stegirernoing, for example tat ever ofthe mame fod eer tee
‘ne animal Or they ay ettemp! to cete aetaton aang the wore by iagiing
‘scenario in which ever ofthe words are inked—fr example a ental age of cow
‘eng banana while ing Bile[BBE] copa» womstn Pressing an Cn pees
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The Role of Strategies
“The aleve fr rectembering the items ia Tale #2 are examples of momo ate
0. A mnemonic rate ay techni tht pape ue top them emer some=
‘hing The esamples js gen coreipond to thee welded state in eee 08|
‘memory recor ofthe tems to be recalled (the sayingrove-ané-over techni)
‘rgonzaion of he tens int concep eateries (grouping int oo, anal 50
ti and abortion ofthe items by inkage i some mae general age ory (he
ctr ofthe cw on the ese with the an).
Developmental Changes in Stony Use An increae in the ac of tats is souce of
inproernents in memory that come with age Doves of ies have demonstrated at
‘sles children are more kl than younger chen to generate and employ a anes of
mnemonic neat (Bjoklnd, 1990; Murpy, MeKone,& Sle, 203; Seeder
Bprkund, 198). This Bnding hold for eeearal (Flavell, Beach, &€ Chinsly, 1968);
‘onpnizaton (Hasehor, 1992); and elaboration Kee & Gurtertag 1994), eas ol
Forother mnemonic sateis that develop sos daldhaodfor example, the aby 0
‘ier ones tention and efor in optimal ways ach as by arena ental her an
‘eel infrmason (Mile, 199} ob coneneting on dic ter hanes tes
(Duisne & Keb, 1959),
Chile who we ties show beter el than children who do not Someine
rowers len dot bene om thr intial amp employ trae, pechas
‘eee aati the ne strategy place tb rat demand on tee imitedinfrnaton
Dprocersing resources (Wody-Daening & Mile, 2001) In his case, therein
{tliat deficiency (Bjorlnd Se Coyle, 1995; Miler 8 See, 194), Also, youn
‘dren dono generstesategies before about ge 5 o no dub been they do 08
Seale that thes eoris re nitd, The Sut to genre stage pontaneoul
‘re though the hd capable of xanga bereting fen a stg feed
‘a production defiieney Fave 1970),
[Rr cheen gr olde strategies become more comple swells more fequest. Ree
heal ia elately sip strategy and one ofthe ft to cmege, opal ¢ abou! ME
{007 Onaninstin peas somes Iter, and elaboration tern ition, eb
states in compli Younger children rehearsal efforts fr example, nd
be iit sang each item appear, Older chiden ate mor kel pet ager
hus ofthe seach ine (an;taw-te w-te ben” ands on) (Ort,
‘Nau, Lier 1975). In gene oer hlzen can generate ote compesstateie
than younger children, are beter able to natch apart stsegy to pat
task nd ate more alld a necting their eateyie—al of whch one o thei
spe oer poem
yea vey young chile capable of generating a mnemonic tg: none ch
Seyeareld pape ame in which they had ohap wack ofa ty doth ha bee is
en under one of sreral cup. During te delay besween hing an ret sanyo
She children a with their jes ged fo the cit up and ges pated fly oi
(Wetman, Rite, Flavell 1975). These ae spl tei, to be uy tey ort
teste td they areal to ten young chen, Farrer tiny work Chien
wo predaced sich satis showed bere ral han childen who dln, Other stad
suing sina hidevand-sckproelue have demonstrated that chlden a oang at
co 24 months can produce nd bene om imple memory rates (Wean 1988,
Vari in Statgy Use Recent memory esearch highlight she sepising wars
ie stay ae. Rather than employs sgl refered sate many chides ty
cand combine swe diferent approaches, sometimes geneatig san) a ee ot
four stages even within a ingle wal (Cope, 2001 Coyle & Brand, 197) A par
le ei fo example might not oly chen the tne be remembered bu io
ae the apoio which hey bor and poape oe them int groups wel Sach
‘nbs adept in hat provides experience tom Which cen can exenually de
ine the optinal sategy fora puta ask (Siegler 8 Sets, in pre). Accomding
1 th eiplaation, cide ear to elect he moet effective mnemonic aegis oat
‘he many ponies tha they nial explore
Reseach on sates alo lsat an inpertant heme ofthe information proces
lng approach (Seger, 1999) Information procening apace ae aay inte. Only
a beated amount of formation can in shor erm memory, fo expe, chin
Feemationgpialy can be el oly bri fnew infocation canbe eextn, bowers,
i etme can be extended cose I the ch can hin i te of extegoris td
rote its of nvidal tema then much more can be retin. Much of Sel
pment conse ofthe cretion of techniques o overcome information processing tie
ions and thereby inreate the power ofthe cog tm (Siegler Seeing n pres).
Mnemonic tategies tre» prime ample of ech nies,
The Role of Knowledge: Experts and Novices
Copii procesing—from the inerpretasin of pech sounds the recognition of
fusil phrases tthe etievlof phone aumber the sluoa toa puce—ivever
owed cqied dough previous experince. Covet neue (or he ve)
‘ers to ogunie tual knowllge abate content domnin=tha i what ou ka
‘ox some top sach as physi, human Peo, cooking or crs. Cleay koledge
{Que ype del Ads Know nore han ci nd hile Know me
nnn
‘Kasei integral to information processing, Conse, forex the nance
foovidge onthe encoding and rorge of new information, What we kw about +
topics the information we have peo stored abou ha topic. This komledge in
fun determines how well we len and remernber new infomation about that fpic
(Bioand 987 Chi, Glas, 8 Par, 1988; Ornstein eta, 2008). Thus the ineracton
been knowledge and inforationproceting i biden
“To the extent that domain spece knowledge influences nfrmaton proce, oo
leva in expertae—fcral krowedge aoe content domain. Reserherintreed
‘nthe cl of kxowiedgein developmental change therfore, on corspare experts end
vcs, Chase 8 Sioa, 1973 McPherson & Thoma, 1989; Schneider Gre,
Goa cpr, 1983). One such sty etd rence inthe memory of expend
copii [85]
guise
eae tn or
‘sprig sere cama,RGURE 8.2 Chesed ay i uty ees at mowed on memo.
Che pe sen er ees ie een na rng ay
‘igewtan ols oar ares
oie ches ler or chestoud ays (Schacieet,1999 Which ray in Figse
£3 do yo tn you could remember el nogh o repodce afer eng the ay
foe seen?
Tyo do oot pa chen, the chances ae tat yo would find the sw a ia
Figur 8.2 analy diffe reel Bots contin thee ube and he ae ky
{lst hese pls ever th tp aay woud amon erly be a
setoremonbes wuld beer can he its en postions ht might cal
‘ccna game wheres thre nthe botton ary are andomlyaringed You cul
thevforedn on your knowlege hse ou tok in he feration sore in
tncmry and eed to epaducethe pono
xp cotent ic Your experi nay be igh’ ches ono
catingerlow hc he pi tro beclr ooking pps Whore experts
Highs mcmory and atin in xertie ontt tras in meory Chest
teper for cpa thw beter nor fo hae postions and aher cheated
‘tlemason tan they do for mor ether pic: Esper so emeber more about the
‘bjt of per thun do nes, ally rations in experince d=
tne chagern memory ac the spn of hd. Oller hlren pes tome
perc frm toc od young che, an th renter exertion ee
{Ey smner none Muphy MeKone fe Sher, 2005)
spore ove = greater anti of knowledge Expert cher yer fr exam
night resent says 0,00 bond pats in senory a god plays ol Be
pe ,000 ro (Beard 8.Ch, 1982) However thee ne ao gute lea
ts laomlege epee dient as experi increas. Experts epee mae
than [ot inion of lormaton in setnoy they preset losis 0g
indidal tens A novice hes lye fo ple, knw the tating potion
‘fe ps0 hb od te ons a mihi om he it re a
Gro leach pce. Aneesh layer he ote and nox only ows ae =
Egurtions, buh or se slo owe the mores en opps ily make andthe
tose effctiveesponse to tore mores. An epee also rete individual oi
tno overall esti, Bese thr owls base ily rd ein
fly ognized ener ca rly nak verso conn intra (Schnee Be
Bland, 1998).
Inadon comparing exert and novices ofthe same age, Schaeider (1993)
ead the elect of age om memory peformance. Hal the them enpet nd bal he
over were adult and he other ales were 10-to year-old children. On memory
‘ks ht dd ot noe ches the ads demonstrated beter memory than the en,
(nthe memoryfor-chess measure, however expertise aac ag, proved eral Thuy, the
0-er-ald experts ovthone th aut norco epreducey ches peitiony—depite
the fcr cha the adults had more general knowledge and grees memory spine.
Researchers have found ha young parcpaas io memory asks can egal reve ou
rif older ones when the content x something they kaw wel: Content areas fr
hich cll sper hasbeen demonete ince diosa (Chie Koes 1983),
{room igures (Lindberg 1980, baseball Recht Lesh, 988, and soccer (Scheider,
Kove, 8 Weiner, 1987)
Contemporary infomation proceming theories of development stress the role of
‘pei nor nf in memory bt as in esing sd problem ong (DeLoche, Mie,
& Proaukos, 1998 Heo Sle Pee, 200), For example experi fet che
‘pee of procetng, When knowedg: shout ne daraain i pet nfrmation leva
ts tht damain canbe take nan processed rarer has eng cote sources
Fax ocher aves suchas generating statis (Bjokund Be Scheider, 1996) Because
the are bene dining inp fom ila inration, deen who cw
torso use eoyaitine sarin more cffecily than children wt lew knowledge
(Byadun, Maia, Schneider 190), Fal bes experts understand robs
lens deep more consul lee ey rele abe to concepaliz both the prob
Jem and its aly maton (Ch, Fetch, 8¢ Glazer 198; Slomay Ch, 8Jora, 1995).
How do you know when to enploy a particule menor ttegy? In pat, you lyon
Jour previous experience and arent lee in strategy ue You lapel what
Jou aleadykaow abou the content ro be ember to direst atention to the mot
‘lous tpctof the problenthat is You ly on our know bse Fil oe
etn appropri strategy for aststion you use our understanding of our thought
ocesr What elildeen now about thinking and memory thir mtsegniion—
‘hangs with age, and these change in knowledge coneibute to change in memory
aie 6 ero, 2003)
noe [5]
‘tnmae joan pr oon(HBB) cpr stn Pension owt ets
ewe be
Ferien a
‘horn cher neta
‘ara ae
‘Metacogiton refers knewlege abou hiking, wile metamemory refs
lnowiedge about menor Teincadesknowedge aout chinkngin genta for expe,
that thin all he ane, ot jut when we have = problem sole tat recognition is
‘ave than real and that short lt oft iene to epemovie than long it.
‘Mtcognition ase inclodes knowlege about onc own thinking and snemory—for
‘plc ality tude whether you have td Lng entough to do well ona em.
‘Chien at int az orcs in mescogitive knowledge, which is a powesal body of
enowinge to segue Acquiring + macogatve knowledge bare fects cident
‘pernance on many eer information procsing sks
Developmental Changes in Metengnion J. Flare (1971) was among the st cil psy~
hale to fois ely on" tinking boat inking” and he coined the em meta
it ele co tought that have etl oc pychologeal phenomena s thei te
Childers thinking abo memory for empl changes they develop. Even yung cl
‘ken aie tt here uch thing os memory. Thay ng behave dizer exam
le when ldo emembe seth than when tok simply oo thos demonstting
seta swurnee that emeobeing may eis spec cognivesctvites Baker Ware,
‘Sri, & Holden, 19), They al have rome anderstaning ofthe ela dificalry
pftcent memory taka By age So 6 most children elie tat fuiartems ate cae
Stee emenber Gun unfair ses (Kettae Leonard e Fall 1975) cht short ts
2c ease flex than long ones (Wellman 1977) ha engition is el chn all
(Spee & Flavell 1979), and tht fongetng becomes moe likely aver time (Lyon 8
lvl, 199).
Th other ways howeve, young chile etait sil sited. They do not
lv beh dient when fed witha expe gusto emenber (Appa 1972),
‘Theyde noyetundertand my phenomena fmm ach as the ha dated ies
an cierto tel than unclated oes (Krcuzer eal, 1975) o that emebesing the i
aston iene than remembering he rer words (Kare €Boskows, 1997, Mos
‘cand young chide asersnen of ther own oemonic ait iar 0 opimisi
Tone sty Frcanmple oneal ofthe prec] and anderen paricpans reid
{hot hey eu able oe ell 1D sien a of 10, etna hat nocd
{nt came cw achieving Fie ri, Haye, 197), Purtemore, young ca
Aten do not adjust thei expectations realy in response Sedbak, Bren afer ealing
‘noo dhe tems on net thy ny Miya wl et all 10 on she
(ext attempt (sen 8 Loy 1975). Older lees ae oth more modest ad mare el
‘Boca sesing thee wn mores (Scher &e Pree, 1997.
te of wataptiono Mey Peat How dc neni cnt
developmental changes n mero performance? Ie ers oe ht Knowing
Stout emery night ered ets seeing Kavwlege othe era of
{Een mot wks should ep the child et the ev sete for reer
Kola af nc ovn nwt processed he ip in deiing how o alse
cto wat matil dyed mle te knowedge- bear elton
‘Mipiuos dao dente crea (Cana 8 Prat, 1982).
Inedg abot memory ds acs ate ert peroane om menor
The fllenng qu eke os ofthe trea a, gest 8p
‘ie eon xh nacpny, Honig nib wel complexe
‘hc fr memrnng pore nish metal), but then sages a ea
{hat er scaler ig be qe dierent
‘Say the umber 639-8854, Then what Td do say that nyu i 633,007
Swot have to semember that, wel. And then I would think aw Te go
Teme 8, Now Tim yen lls can femember ay my age times. Men
Tony ho ld my bother and how ole was ast yea, And thas how Ti ually
remanes tat poe uber [Is tht how you would ost fe emer pom
amber] Wee usuly I wet edova, (Kewtaeret aL 1975, p11)
Mc nee sie een oe ef in dein to eee ow
aie dcr (Schne, 1999) Ore proming spat a ben tee chen
as fee of metuenoey an then kor pote fe on eect me
ty proce (Chae, 1, Prey, eons 8 O'live 185). Sach
tring de ie cory Th ty poe peo he chr wih om
cry weeny taching echt ory ok Man eaceal ceany ing pe
{gutviadadetaractnin netarageton, Clea bent ot fn sonny wg
hye what dos why oe “_
“The infomation procesing approach engi ha the may ier proce
thc ono neigh poco elton ce witht don Pe ced
tnt tela cal cette spe putin stem fal modal in
{Slgece mo espn how he sdtn al eoointion este Ror expe
cnn ey wl eel oes ot py open Th elton ar feed
san apyopae nog monitoring it awn eoing in ewe ee
‘ae Coatveprcanes Mesmenry-the cid knee ol meron one
Of env conto at eines Row te cd gr shou eneig
Luang het 8.3: Darke the grit tt cmb tte decegment of
manny dry ll
1. Wha se moomoo rte and how de they contribute to memary develop
amet in chen?
2, What does reach on nvies and exper el ur about the oe of edge in
cagitive development?
3, Whats metacogsiton, snd how doe hie aby contin memory
devlopenent
Problem Solving
hilt noc only squire more knowdge as they et er hey als ance bere, ore
‘phi silo solving problems: Them changer ae reece nthe expectations
‘hoo hae of densa well ate wast pret tent reson with aad on.
‘alee children What are childrens problem-oling sil nd how do thaw il
‘change (DeL.oahe Miles, Pious, 1998; Elis Shp, 1994)? To ind of
poblem-lving sil are (1) forming rule for combining information and ekg
[dgmenes and (2) reaeonng by analogy, Other factors hat contre to probleme
Solving ably indude developmental changes in ba copii sie fcting
‘memory and kaw.
Rule-Based Problem Solving
oer Sieger (197,198) hae proposed that some import aspects of children og
ive development tn be charceried in ferme ofthe onsrucon of us, Rle-based
fatgie are set procedures for ating on the enicameat and sling proteme for
trniorning input to ou They can be expres arf he satements IFA ithe
‘indo; HB che cane Vand forth Tn theres bhavio a ef ight for
‘Sample ihe lights seen input) posed outa ite lights yellow, prepare
opt ight a stop. Rus fr problem sling are mre comple however While
tac rls re pecribed by lw and taught ous epi rales in horan information
Procisngostem—thone ing juigment and decison mang fr exaple ar ely
aug caplictyThey remain below the evel of eonscious swarnes, mpi in ot
though and behave
Preschoolers’ Rule ated Reasoning Rect suis have found that preschoolers ae
Spb rae has problem sahing (Fy, 199; Zelan, 199;Zalazo and Fy 198)
asc takin hie scrchlabeled the donna wage cord ori wat in
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Figure 8:3. The chil i given series of card hat ay in both shape and eal andi
inprcted to aoe them by one ofthe wo dimensions IF the tanks the elo gang for
‘ample the te isto wl be to pt the eas the oe with the ed pica
fu the eons inthe Boe with the Bh ptr. Most eo realy lear hile
[After ser sch ithe rule changes Now he ak bones che shape get
the inrocton ar opt the csi ne be ned the lower in the ote Moet ca
‘ols casly make the itch. Most year-olds donot. Bren when they receive te sv
insractionsat the sta of ery inland even when they themsees sored in ebang
the new rl 3-year ade continue to wre ccrdingt the onal le
‘What he dmensional-change se chows tat yesrade wr capable of le-bsed
ble lig bt with some dente miusons. Thee year-olds cn handle wo simple
esa time for example itd do thie, do thi Too yearadon the ober han
Seb teary andfllwonyone ale at atme, What he year anor yet do 0
‘ied these ple ae within amore complex ru sytem, inwhichseeson of ue
‘Cotingent nape higher-one or inde le: Scere o the ine
Sonal change tak ean th nt of enbeded rae suctare The child ent be be
‘extn ith eth olor game (high-order), then ed do thi and i eis if
‘Bors the shape game (higher order nue, then ea dots ani ower do this
eect om the dinesioal-change task alo requires thatthe child have cnt
shor erm memory apart keep nmin real rsa the sae ine Te child
‘aust be cpuble of inhibiting the orignal response one new response ix lle fo
inal the ld mst have afin retacogatie ality eft on there hate
tcabe has exe ad onthe elatone ang ther T term ct fin
‘these general problem-solving capabilities Memory inhibition, an elf awe: ay
‘ein every form of esoing and poem sing Recent serch as sb
that developmental soprovements in executive function centbute wo developmestal
vce on wide rage of eget aks (Hager, 2002 Keenan, 200)
Developments in Rule-Based Reasoning Many stations reuize moe complex probes
solig sks han simply learsng to flow one rl or another An example a ban
‘le prolem ogi devised by Inher nd Page (1958) ost formal openscna
Fevoting in ole children, The Cid sn x simple lance ele on whic vin
trig on be ced ayn ene om the forum, The tokio predic wit
these wll ance orwhetber ane ie othe other wl go dw Succes pe
ing the tack sie that he cd eize Sat oth weight and dite are impornt and
ow bow combine the fo fcr cae of confit. The original Page ea
reveal tht children of iferent ages responded quite dierent ote task, which Pe
et analyzed ia teams ofthe logcalsuctes fconset and oa
Poke so [28
Siegler (176,197) usd the sue balance ts sing a diferent methodology
sod ot of ana He began by carey consdesing al che cous wan whch chi
en might attempt sole the balance problem, Sich tsk nase a common
infomation processing method (Ka 8 Bisa, 982) Bed ont tsk nals, Sigler
eid four res ha hile ight we in sling balance probes
Rale 1 The clude ha the side with more weight wl go dwn o hat the
umber of weight on ech side equ the wale wl lance
Rale2-The child ares Ral 1 but al tke tance int cnt
ale 3. The cid tes le 2, alway coniering both weight and dance and ie
correct whenever one or both at ua IF the to fctors aren confi, however
(ies more might on ane ie, gener diane on he oe) he child Besos
‘oni nd der no know hawt ree he cnt,
Rule 4 The ld overcomes the inittion of Rue string the weght-imes-
AGsance rl: Downward force ee amount of weight angie by dtence om
te alram: The Rule chil een dherefre sor nvr ofthe tale
A tk assis identi posible ways of responding but dace ot ll whether
llr actly use these appcaches, Sigler next rep therefore wast te the ps
‘loge ality o the proposed rales. He devied ex typeof danced eben,
‘efi onstrated yl diferent pts of response aon the diferentes, Both
the problem types and che pede respons ate shown in Table 83.
Sime presented Sve venone of xc poten ype tn cen ranging in age om
50 17 Rill 90 percent of the clon flowed one ofthe four ues sonst. (We
Should not however, ha subsoqueat tus have smetimes Sound eidene fr more
‘han ous ruls~Hoom, Hain, Kanne, 200; Tags, 1992), An expt the ct
lec ofthe prefered ue need with ag most year-olds wed Re, whetea by
‘417, Rulo Sand 4 were most common, Final ntesting acura performance on
the problems invling confit actualy destined with age
Siler an others have applied bi mansions matador fl her
than che balance-ele ak (lar 8 Robinson, 1981; Rava 8 Gelman, 1984 Siege,
1961). In conservation tasks, oc xml, Siler and Pager agree that hen se the
Drom thrugh meat ston that lgcally combines formation fom both recat
Sincsions eg, height and wid nthe as of onseration of quanti). Thee fo
Afercsherwean Sigler and Page accounts were —ainnee than geal
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vide te information pocexing and Piagetian proaches, The fine diferece concer
‘ect and est Rules ae move precy ened then ae agen operons,
tnd the lessen methodlogy provera more rigorous af proposed xl
‘tion dani tpcly che case in Pngetian rescrch, The second flee tenet
(aL Pagers options ae gener struc hae asd to determine peeformanee
fa wide range of as wt the expeced rl that deen wl e consistent in hei
level of perlormance. Rules ay be more domain specific, however and there is 20
‘svonpton thar perfomance wl acer be consistent rn one tek 9 another,
Sige nds ha vidal cdsen ny we ues ferent lvl n frat a
Reasoning by Analogy
In analogical toning yo ave a new prblon by resogising ilar bewecn the
new pen an oe ose onderetan.Sone ary of alg eon nce,
any eal sages re cormplecand a to dewey which why anes con
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Kone, 8 Ecol, 1986). Chien ft herd a or in which agent nese enpon
some eves ve wal and into abot. The genie ed her problem by lig up pece
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Any in tlic esning the dorsi spesc owed ou he particles
Ad sclacons that ener imo particular analogies (Goswams, 1992, 196) Pe oi here
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thercation eeween A and Bo reason stalogcly about C and D,
Contributions of Memory to Problem Solving
Bslve any kind of problem effctively child anal mst he abet exp ll the
tapes ofthe problem in mind sltaneouy and be ale o rere lean,
PrvioulyIeamed information fom long-term memory. Ths memary and problem
‘obving ae highly connected. One information processing theory tht highlights the 0) Enc ot
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