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Villatte, Matthieu; Monestes, Jean-Louis; McHugh, Louise; Freixa i Baque, Esteve; Loas, Gwenole – Psychological Record, 2010
The current study assessed deictic relational responding in people with schizophrenia. A perspective-taking task and a mental states attribution task were employed with a sample of 15 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and 15 age-matched controls. Results revealed poorer performance of participants with schizophrenia in responding in accordance…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Perspective Taking, Patients, Cognitive Development
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Farran, Emily K.; Blades, Mark; Boucher, Jill; Tranter, Lesley J. – Developmental Science, 2010
Individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) show a specific deficit in visuo-spatial abilities. This finding, however, derives mainly from performance on small-scale laboratory-based tasks. This study investigated large-scale route learning in individuals with WS and two matched control groups (moderate learning difficulty group [MLD], typically…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mental Retardation, Perspective Taking, Measures (Individuals)
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Oerter, Rolf – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1981
Describes the development of cognitive structure in adolescence as establishing isomorphism between subject and environment. Identifies two dimensions of stages in the development of individuals'"work structure," i.e., the network of relations existing between the individual and his work.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
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Edelstein, Wolfgang; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Conceptual analysis of two perspective-taking tasks identified a number of subtasks calling for equivalent operations of social reasoning within tasks of different content. Subtasks hypothetically formed a logical and developmental sequence of abilities required for decentering. The developmental significance of the hierarchy was tested among 121…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students