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Eliot, John; Dayton, C. Mitchell – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1976
This study examined the hypothesis that perceptual errors on a task requiring subjects to take different viewpoints could be explained in terms of response bias. Results were consistent with response bias hypothesis: making an egocentric error is different from behaving in an egocentric manner. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Egocentrism
Kraus, Marcy L. – 1984
The effects of age, task, and egocentric responding on visual-spatial perspective taking were studied among 41 preschool children between 3.0 and 5.9 years of age. Children were individually administered three perspective-taking measures: the upside-down/right-side-up task, a block task, and a picture box task, all previously described in the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Egocentrism
Ben-Zeev, Sandra – 1977
A previous study found that middle-class Hebrew-English bilingual children were characterized by distinctive perceptual strategies and more advanced processing in certain verbal tasks, as compared to similar monolinguals. The present study tested whether similar strategies and response patterns will appear when the children involved are from…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language