Spatial Mapping in Preschoolers: Close Comparisons Facilitate Far Mappings
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To test the hypothesis that comparison processes facilitate schema extraction, we studied the effect of making comparisons on 3-year-olds’ ability to perform mapping tasks. In 3 studies, children were tested on their ability to find a hidden toy in a model room after being shown its location in a perceptually different room. In Experiment 1 we found that seeing 2 similar hiding events-permitting a sequential comparkonimproved 3-year-olds’ performance on the mapping task. Experiment 2 showed a more striking effect: Simply comparing the initial hiding model with another nearly identical model helped children to succeed on the subsequent mapping task. Experiment 3 showed that the comparison effect was not simply due to an opportunity to interact with 2 examples, but was specific to comparing them. We conclude that comparing examples can facilitate children’s noticing common relational schemasin this case, a spatial relational schema-and their ability to use this system of relations in subsequent tasks.0ur central hypothesis is that the process of comparison is a major force in children’s learning and development. In this work, we test the specific claim that drawing comparisons among similar spatial arrays fosters insight into the common spatial relations, as assessed in a subsequent spatial mapping task.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001