The relation between hiding skill and judgment of eye direction in preschool children

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McGuigan, N. and Doherty, M.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4314-7892 (2002) The relation between hiding skill and judgment of eye direction in preschool children. Developmental Psychology, 38 (3). pp. 418-427. ISSN 0012-1649

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Abstract

This study examines J. H. Flavell, S. G. Shipstead, and K. Croft's (1978) finding that 2 1/2-year-old children can hide an object behind a screen but cannot achieve the same result by placing the screen in front of the object. Experiment 1 replicated this finding alongside a task in which children judged what a person in a picture was looking at. Performance on the move-object task approached ceiling; performances on the move-screen and looking-where tasks were highly correlated even after age and control task performance were partialed out (r = .54, p <.01). Experiment 2 examined whether the finding resulted because the object was more interesting to manipulate than the screen. The move-object task remained easier than the move-screen task with an interesting screen and a dull object. The move-screen task again correlated specifically with the looking-where task. Results are explained in terms of engagement, a precursor to a mature understanding of attention.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Developmental Science
Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > UEA Experimental Philosophy Group
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Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2015 12:01
Last Modified: 19 Jun 2023 10:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/54880
DOI: 10.1037//0012-1649.38.3.418

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