Research Article

When the dimensions are the adjectives of the same object, does the performance of three-year-olds increase in the dimensional change sorting task?

Volume: 37 Number: 2 December 11, 2017
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When the dimensions are the adjectives of the same object, does the performance of three-year-olds increase in the dimensional change sorting task?

Abstract

The Dimensional Change Card Sorting (DCCS) task measures the ability to switch from one rule to another (cognitive flexibility). Three-year-old children typically fail in this task, which is widely used in the literature. However, when the dimensions of the things on the cards used in the task are separated, the performance of the three-year-olds increases. There are two close hypotheses about this phenomenon: re-description and mental files. The purpose of this study was to test these two hypotheses with different manipulations on the DCCS task. The three-year-old children participating in the study (N = 38) were given these four tasks: the original DCCS task and a version using objects identical to the original one, and two more versions, one using a constant object instead of card and the other using cards identical to the version using a constant object. In the versions using the constant object, sorting was done through two properties of that thing. As a result, there was no significant difference between these tasks. However, when we divided the group into two from the cut point of 42 months, there were significant differences between these two groups in favor of older age in the original DCCS task and the version using identical objects as the original one. But the differences were still insignificant in the versions using the constant object. Thus, this study supported the hypothesis of mental files, which predicted that the rule transition between features of a constant thing would be easier than in the original DCCS task, for the children of three years old who are younger than 42 months. This is not a direct consequence of the re-description hypothesis.

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English

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Research Article

Authors

Tolga Yıldız
İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, PSİKOLOJİ BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye

Taner Akbaş This is me
Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 11, 2017

Submission Date

November 7, 2017

Acceptance Date

November 14, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 37 Number: 2

APA
Yıldız, T., & Akbaş, T. (2017). When the dimensions are the adjectives of the same object, does the performance of three-year-olds increase in the dimensional change sorting task? Studies in Psychology, 37(2), 95-110. https://izlik.org/JA85CP34TA
AMA
1.Yıldız T, Akbaş T. When the dimensions are the adjectives of the same object, does the performance of three-year-olds increase in the dimensional change sorting task? Studies in Psychology. 2017;37(2):95-110. https://izlik.org/JA85CP34TA
Chicago
Yıldız, Tolga, and Taner Akbaş. 2017. “When the Dimensions Are the Adjectives of the Same Object, Does the Performance of Three-Year-Olds Increase in the Dimensional Change Sorting Task?”. Studies in Psychology 37 (2): 95-110. https://izlik.org/JA85CP34TA.
EndNote
Yıldız T, Akbaş T (December 1, 2017) When the dimensions are the adjectives of the same object, does the performance of three-year-olds increase in the dimensional change sorting task? Studies in Psychology 37 2 95–110.
IEEE
[1]T. Yıldız and T. Akbaş, “When the dimensions are the adjectives of the same object, does the performance of three-year-olds increase in the dimensional change sorting task?”, Studies in Psychology, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 95–110, Dec. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA85CP34TA
ISNAD
Yıldız, Tolga - Akbaş, Taner. “When the Dimensions Are the Adjectives of the Same Object, Does the Performance of Three-Year-Olds Increase in the Dimensional Change Sorting Task?”. Studies in Psychology 37/2 (December 1, 2017): 95-110. https://izlik.org/JA85CP34TA.
JAMA
1.Yıldız T, Akbaş T. When the dimensions are the adjectives of the same object, does the performance of three-year-olds increase in the dimensional change sorting task? Studies in Psychology. 2017;37:95–110.
MLA
Yıldız, Tolga, and Taner Akbaş. “When the Dimensions Are the Adjectives of the Same Object, Does the Performance of Three-Year-Olds Increase in the Dimensional Change Sorting Task?”. Studies in Psychology, vol. 37, no. 2, Dec. 2017, pp. 95-110, https://izlik.org/JA85CP34TA.
Vancouver
1.Tolga Yıldız, Taner Akbaş. When the dimensions are the adjectives of the same object, does the performance of three-year-olds increase in the dimensional change sorting task? Studies in Psychology [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1;37(2):95-110. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA85CP34TA