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Peer reviewedNagle, Richard J.; Thwaite, Ben C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1979
Compared the performance of learning disabled and normal-achieving third- and fourth-grade children on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test to determine group differences along the impulsivity-reflection dimension. Overall results suggest that learning disabled children are not more impulsive but rather use poor strategic behavior in processing…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education
Gozali, Joav – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research, Mild Mental Retardation, Perception Tests
Download full textBrown, Ronald T.; Quay, Lorene C. – 1978
To ascertain whether impulsive responding in behavior disordered adolescents is amenable to change, 15-year-old normal and "acting-out" behavior disordered adolescents participated in an experiment designed to alter Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF) scores through a modeling psychoeducational procedure. No significant…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Processes, Educational Therapy
Peer reviewedGoldman, Amy P.; Everett, Frances – Child Study Journal, 1985
Investigated time conceptualizations and delay of gratification capacities of 64 6- to 10-year-olds identified as impulsive or reflective according to performance on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test. They were administered a maintenance of delay of gratification task, a time concept questionnaire, and several measures of temporal perspective…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedGlenwick, David S. – Journal of School Psychology, 1976
Two dimensions of cognitive impulsivity, accuracy and latency, were assessed in fourth graders by the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF) and were related to teachers' ratings of adjustment and peers' sociometric preferences. MFF accuracy entered into a greater number of significant relationships than did MFF latency. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Meichenbaum, Donald H. – 1971
Four studies were conducted to examine the manner in which cognitively impulsive and reflective children use private speech to control their behaviors. The first study was a naturalistic observation of a group of impulsive (N=8) and reflective (N=8) nursery school children, identified by the Matching Familiar Figures Test. The Impulsive and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Mock, Karen R.; And Others – 1978
This study investigated whether the stimulant methylphenidate (Ritalin) would differentially affect performance on a test of cognitive style by hyperactive children. Subjects were 55 children, (ages 7 to 15) referred to the Learning Clinic at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada for hyperactivity and/or learning problems. A paired…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
