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Samuel and Bryant

Georgia Bishop Psychology - Core Studies AS Level Inglês 13 flashcards

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1AimTo investigate whether younger children have a better grasp of conservation if they are asked one quetsion instead of two.
2How many participants252 (boys and girls)
aged between 5 and 8 1/2
opportunity sample from Devon
3The groupsage groups: 5yr3m, 6yr3m, 7yr3m, 8yr3m
4What was the Independent VaribleThe condition (questions asked)
Age of participants
5what was the dependent varibleErrors made
Age - success on conservation tasks
6The questions:Standard: before and post transformation
One Judgement: post transformation
Fixed Array: no transformation seen
7How were the groups divided?The four age groups were further divided into 3 groups for the 3 different questions
8The tests:Each child tested 4 times on the 3 materials (12 tests in total)
Mass - play dough
number - row of counters
volume - water
9Findings: condition differencesChildren mad fewer errors on one judgement (4) than standard (5)
most errors made on fixed array (6)
10Conclusion: condition differenceschildren used information from pre-transformation to answer the finial question
11Findings: Ageyounger made more errors
under 5 (8.1) - 8 yearolds (2.1)
(6yo,5.5 - 7yo,3.6)
12Findings: MaterialsFewer errors number task (4.0)
Most on volume task (5.9)
13Why the children found One Judgment easierBecause they were asked the same question twice they may have thought they got it wrong the first time - due to demand characteristics they changed their answer.