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| Transfer of Training | 1 |
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Peer reviewedAdams, Marilyn Jager; Shepp, Bryan E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
Nursery school and second grade subjects were trained on an optional shift task and results were compared with predictions derived from selective attention theory. Findings indicate that the one-look assumption does not hold and that a multiple-look theory, in which the breadth of attention varies with task demands, seems tenable. (GO)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Elementary School Students, Preschool Children, Shift Studies
Shepp, Bryan E.; Gray, Vicky A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Psychological Studies, Shift Studies, Transfer of Training
