REPRESENTATION AND TRANSITIVITY.
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Title
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REPRESENTATION AND TRANSITIVITY.
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Identifier
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AAI8112745
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identifier
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8112745
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Creator
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O'CONNOR, JOSEPH MICHAEL.
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Contributor
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Dr. Harry Beilin
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Date
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1981
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Developmental
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Abstract
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Photographs share with other forms of pictorial representation the ability to depict physical objects and scenes. Photographs differ from other media in the impression given that they capture reality more truly than other pictorial forms. This study was concerned with the child's belief as to whether a series of color photographs depicting a transitivity task with illogical or logical outcomes represented reality with greater fidelity than the directly perceived logical and illogical referent events themselves.;240 children, 120 of whom were classified as concrete operational and another 120 classified as pre-operational were presented with a transitivity task using blocks of different height. Either before or after the task, each child viewed a series of color photographic slides depicting the same task. In one condition, the photographic slides were manipulated causing the task to turn out illogically. In a contrast condition, the actual objects were manipulated in the same fashion. At the conclusion of both tasks, children were asked to make a judgment concerning the way the blocks "really" should have turned out. The results showed the compelling influence of the photographic depiction, which was influenced, however, by order of task presentation, correctness versus incorrectness of the photo, and the child's operational level. These results are contrasted with those of a study in which the task was conservation where the effects were similar in some respects and different in others.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Developmental Psychology
