Matrices, Three by Three: Classification and Seriation

In Piagetian theory, transition to the stage of concrete operations is characterized by a cognitive structure wherein the 4 logical groupings associated with simple and multiple classification and simple and multiple seriation become operational at roughly the same time. The evidence for the emergen...

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Published inChild development Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 787 - 797
Main Authors Mackay, C. K., Fraser, Joan, Ross, Isabel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, etc University of Chicago Press 01.09.1970
University of Chicago Press for the Society for Research in Child Development, etc
Subjects
Age groups
Animal reproduction
Child growth
Children
Cylinders
Developmental psychology
Seriation
Symbolism
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Summary:In Piagetian theory, transition to the stage of concrete operations is characterized by a cognitive structure wherein the 4 logical groupings associated with simple and multiple classification and simple and multiple seriation become operational at roughly the same time. The evidence for the emergence of the ability for classification and simple seriation in Western children at about age 7 is overwhelming. That for multiple seriation is unimpressive at least in quantity. This paper investigates the development of the ability for double seriation in children aged 5-8 years and finds that there is a developmental lag between the emergence of the ability for cross-classification and that for double seriation. This result is considered to have implications beyond that of revising age norms. An attempt is made to relate it to the differences existing between the Geneva and Harvard approaches to interpreting cognitive growth.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.2307/1127224