The Relationship between Liquid Conservation and Compensation
1972; Wiley; Volume: 43; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1127542
ISSN1467-8624
AutoresRochel Gelman, Denise Weinberg,
Tópico(s)Child and Animal Learning Development
ResumoGELMAN, ROCHEL, and WEINBERG, DENISE HOOTSTEIN. The Relationship between Liquid Conservation and Compensation. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1972, 43, 371-383. Children in grades 1, 2, 3, and 6 were tested for their operational understanding of liquid conservation and compensation. 2 separate compensation tests were used to compare the child's ability to pour in a compensatory fashion and explain compensation. The results show that: (a) modifying the criterion for compensation affects the nature of the observed relationship between compensation and conservation; (b) individual compensation tasks are harder than the conservation one; and (c) the ability to explain compensation develops after the ability to explain conservation.
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