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Age and a possible regression to childhood thinking patterns
Author(s)Ian Stuart-Hamilton, Lorraine McDonald
Journal titlePSIGE Newsletter, no 58, October 1996
PublisherPsychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, October 1996
Pagespp 13-15
KeywordsCognitive processes ; Mental ageing ; Adolescents ; Comparison ; Literature reviews.
AnnotationChanges, as we age, in apparently "basic" skills may not always be met with corresponding decline in complex ones. This article reviews recent literature, in which Piagetian tests have been used to compare older age groups with teenage schoolchildren or students as regards various attributes of their mental performance. Age differences were found for almost every task set. In general, though, the traditional developmental psychology view that childhood skills are mastered by the time we are in our teens and then preserved intact is wrong. Research needs to be extended to a wider cross-section of older people. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-980423230 A
ClassmarkDA: D6: SC: 48: 64A

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