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Miller, Stephanie E.; Marcovitch, Stuart – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
Although labeling improves executive function (EF) performance in children older than 3 years, the results from studies with younger children have been equivocal. In the current study, we assessed performance in a computerized multistep multilocation search task with older 2-year-olds. The correct search location was either (a) not marked by a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Children, Task Analysis, Error Patterns
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Ruffman, Ted; Slade, Lance; Carlos Sandino, Juan; Fletcher, Amanda – Child Development, 2005
Eight- to 12-month-olds might make A-not-B errors, knowing the object is in B but searching at A because of ancillary (attention, inhibitory, or motor memory) deficits, or they might genuinely believe the object is in A (conceptual deficit). This study examined how diligently infants searched for a hidden object they never found. An object was…
Descriptors: Infants, Object Permanence, Inhibition, Error Patterns