Journal article
Locating Objects and Communicating About Locations: Organizational Differences in Children's Searching and Direction-Giving
Developmental psychology, Vol.30(3), pp.443-453
05/1994
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.30.3.443
Abstract
Two studies examined spatial organization reflected in searches for objects and descriptions of locations. Six-year-olds and adults retrieved objects hidden on the floors of a house or directed another person about how to retrieve them. Of particular interest was whether children's searches and directions reflected clustering of locations by floors. Six-year-olds' searches were more organized than their directions, but a follow-up study demonstrated that they could produce organized directions if prompted. Analyses of the content and structure of spatial information in directions indicated that children and adults communicated the information in an order of decreasing size of spatial unit. Results are discussed in terms of factors underlying spatially organized searching and direction-giving.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Locating Objects and Communicating About Locations: Organizational Differences in Children's Searching and Direction-Giving
- Creators
- Jodie M Plumert - Department of Psychology, University of IowaHerbert L Pick - Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesRuth Ann Marks - Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesAnja S Kintsch - Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesDomonick Wegesin - Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Developmental psychology, Vol.30(3), pp.443-453
- DOI
- 10.1037/0012-1649.30.3.443
- ISSN
- 0012-1649
- eISSN
- 1939-0599
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1994
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984213397002771
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