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Sergeant, Joseph A.; Scholten, C. A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1985
Reports the results of a high-speed search task administered to overactive and distractible (hyperactives), normoactive and distractible, and normoactive and attentive (controls) children. Instructions emphasized speed, accuracy, or both speed and accuracy. Indicates that controls and distractibles conformed to the fast guess model, which relates…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style