Solution of conditional discrimination problems by young children.

Abstract

Children (37-60 mo.) were trained in a discrimination reversal task using a correction procedure, and then tested on a conditional discrimination task with the correct cue conditional upon which of 2 backgrounds was presented. All but the youngest group (37-42 mo.) learned the reversal task and solved the conditional problem. These results are discussed in the context of earlier findings where noncorrection procedures were used.