AUDITORY-VISUAL EQUIVALENCE MATCHING IN MENTALLY RETARDED AND INTELLECTUALLY AVERAGE CHILDREN.
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Title
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AUDITORY-VISUAL EQUIVALENCE MATCHING IN MENTALLY RETARDED AND INTELLECTUALLY AVERAGE CHILDREN.
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Identifier
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AAI8713747
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identifier
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8713747
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Creator
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BOTUCK, SHELLY.
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Contributor
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Gerald Turkewitz
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Date
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1987
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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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Intra- and interensory auditory-visual information equivalence as well as transposition (temporal-spatial equivalence) was examined in 24 mentally retarded pre-adolescents and adolescents and 72 intellectually average children.;Subjects of average intellect showed no differences in accuracy between intra- and intersensory tasks, although older children were more accurate than younger children. Mentally retarded subjects were more accurate on intra- than on intersensory tasks, in all chronological age groups and across all levels of mental retardation. Independently of whether tasks involving transposition were intra- or intersensory, they were more difficult for the mentally retarded subjects than tasks not involving transposition. The intellectually average subjects in all age groups behaved similarly on intrasensory tasks but showed a reverse effect on intersensory tasks, i.e., they were more accurate when transposition was involved.;Another finding was an influence of direction on intersensory transfer for the subjects of average intellect but not for the mentally retarded subjects. That is, for the children of average intellect, presenting a visual pattern first facilitated matching, whereas presenting an auditory pattern first increased matching errors. However, accuracy of matching for the mentally retarded subjects was not influenced by the direction of transfer.
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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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Psychology
