Samuel and Bryant core study
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- Samuel and Bryant Core Study
- Conservation
- The understanding that when a shape cahanges the mas/voume/number does not change
- Results
- 5 years olds
- the control condition was the condition where the most errors were made (9)
- The one question condition was where the least errors were made (7)
- 6 year olds
- The control condition and the standard condition were equally hard (6)
- The one question condition was the easiest (4)
- 7 year olds
- the control condition had the highest errors (5)
- One qustion and standard contion had 3 errors
- 8 year olds
- control condition had 3 mean errors
- Standard condition had 2 mean errors
- the one question condition had 1 mean error
- 5 years olds
- Design
- Independent groups design
- Sample
- Devon, England
- 252 boys and girls aged between 5 nad 8 1/2 years
- divided into four mean gae groups
- Aim
- To investigate whether children under the age of 7 or 8 years are able to ubnderstand the principle conservation
- Procedure
- Condition 1: Standard condtion
- Asked two questions pre-tranformation and post-transformation
- Condition 2: one question condition
- Asked one question post-transformation
- Condition 3: control condition
- Didn't see the transformation
- to check whether the children could detect a difference in the post-transormation display effect without having seen the pre-transformation stage
- Condition 1: Standard condtion
- Conclusion
- The standard condition
- the repetition of the same question may make the children think that they must change their answer
- The children must have been using their knowledgeof conservation when they solved the one question task
- Children may possess certain cognitive abilities but may not display these when questioned in a certain way
- The standard condition
- Conservation
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