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Goals and Everyday Problem Solving: Manipulating Goal Preferences in Young and Older Adults
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Hoppmann, Christiane A.; Blanchard-Fields, Fredda – Developmental Psychology, 2010
In the present study, we examined the link between goal and problem-solving strategy preferences in 130 young and older adults using hypothetical family problem vignettes. At baseline, young adults preferred autonomy goals, whereas older adults preferred generative goals. Imagining an expanded future time perspective led older adults to show…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Young Adults, Older Adults, Problem Solving
Planning Ahead: Goal-Directed Problem Solving by 2-Year-Olds.
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Bauer, Patricia J.; Schwade, Jennifer A.; Wewerka, Sandi Saeger; Delaney, Kathleen – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Three experiments tested 21- and 27-month olds' ability to construct a path to a mentally re-presented goal. After seeing the goal-state configuration of problems, both age groups evinced planning. Demonstration of initial solution step was less effective than goal-state exposure. Even with specification of a greater proportion of the goal path,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cues, Goal Orientation, Performance Factors
Solving Spatial Perspective-Taking Problems by Rule versus Computation: A Developmental Study.
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Flavell, John H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1978
A developmental study of elementary school children's use of rule v computation in solving spacial perspective-taking problems. (CM)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary Education