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| The role of problem definitions in understanding age and context effects on strategies for solving everyday problems | | Author(s) | Cynthia A Berg, JoNell Strough, Katerina S Calderone |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 13, no 1, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 29-44 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Reasoning ; Older people ; Children ; Adolescents ; Middle aged ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Over the last decade, increasing attention has been given towards understanding how adolescents and adults across the life span solve everyday practical problems. In this study, 107 pre-adolescents, 124 college students, 118 middle-aged adults, and 131 older adults described two everyday problems (one unconstrained, the other constrained to one of six domains) that they experienced and their goals and strategies. Problem definitions reflected interpersonal or competence components or both: strategies reflected altering cognitions, actions, or regulating and including others. Age differences in problem definitions were found. For unconstrained domain problems, age and problem definition were related to strategies but no age differences in strategies were found. For constrained domain problems, strategies related to problem domain and problem definition, with problem definition the better predictor of strategies. The results highlight the value of individuals' problem definitions for addressing age and context effects on strategies used. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980708404 A |
| Classmark | DA: DC: B: SBC: SC: SE: 7T |
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