Children judge correctly at a high rate on two-alternative concrete judgment items even in the youngest age groups¶

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q2 i? On the alternative test, where each item offers two possibilities and the experiences involved were familiar, correct judgment was manifested to a very high degree in the youngest group. → Carrie Bansom Squire 1910

Evidence¶

Carrie Bansom Squire 1910¶

Carrie Bansom Squire. (1910). Graded Mental Tests. Part III. Judgment, Conclusions and Summary of Results. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Graded+Mental+Tests+Squire

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Individual testing of the alternative judgment test across sixth- to thirteenth-year groups, unretarded and retarded. The article reports very high correct judgment in the youngest group, with average errors as low as 0.5 in some unretarded groups, and notes "the ability to judge correctly was manifested to a very high degree".

"As these alternatives present but two possibilities, one of which is bound to be right, and as the experiences involved were familiar to the youngest child, the ability to judge correctly was manifested to a very high degree in the youngest group."

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