Representational change and magnitude estimation: Why young children can make more accurate salary comparisons than adults

Development of estimation has been ascribed to two sources: (1) a change from logarithmic to linear representations of number and (2) development of general mathematical skills. To test the representational change hypothesis, we gave children and adults a task in which an automatic, linear represent...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cognition 2008-09, Vol.108 (3), p.843-849
Hauptverfasser:	Opfer, John E., DeVries, Jeffrey M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Adults Age Factors Biological and medical sciences Child Child Development Children Cognitive development Cognitive Processes Comparative Analysis Comprehension Computation Conceptual development Developmental psychology Estimation Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Male Mathematics Number representation Numbers Prediction Problem Solving Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Salaries and Fringe Benefits Task Analysis Thinking Skills Wages Young Children
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