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| A comparison of collaborative and individual everyday problem solving in younger and older adults | | Author(s) | Suling Cheng, JoNell Strough |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 58, no 3, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 167-196 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Reasoning ; Mental clarity ; Performance ; Young adults [20-25] ; Age groups [elderly] ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | To understand the conditions under which age differences in everyday problem-solving performance occur, this study investigated individual and collaborative problem solving. Younger (24 women, 24 men, mean age 19.98) and older (25 women, 24 men, mean age 71.14) worked either alone or with a same-sex friend to plan a cross-country trip to attend a wedding. Age differences favouring younger adults were found on three of eight performance measures: two component completion accuracy variables, and a composite variable assessing overall performance. Younger adults also completed the task faster than did older adults. Collaborators out-performed individuals on the composite measure of overall performance and frequency of planning errors. Women committed more planning errors than did men. Younger and older adults' performances were predicted by different variables. However, basic abilities were not consistently significant predictors of performance for either younger or older adults. The study's results suggest that task characteristics may differentially influence older and younger adults' collaborative performance. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040629213 A |
| Classmark | DC: DF: 5H: SD6: BB: 48: 7T |
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