Scheme and schema in children's memory of their own drawings

4 groups of 78 6-yr-old children made drawings of 6 themes. One month later new drawings of the same themes were made by the same Ss under 4 conditions: free drawing, memory of the 1st drawing, making a copy of the 1st drawing, making a drawing that appeared different from the 1st one. A week later...

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Published in:Developmental psychology 1975-01, Vol.11 (1), p.37-41
Main Authors: Stacey, John T, Ross, Bruce M
Format: Article
Language:English
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Human
Memory
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Summary:4 groups of 78 6-yr-old children made drawings of 6 themes. One month later new drawings of the same themes were made by the same Ss under 4 conditions: free drawing, memory of the 1st drawing, making a copy of the 1st drawing, making a drawing that appeared different from the 1st one. A week later the Ss were tested for recognition of their own drawings and identification as to when they had been drawn. Recognition of 2nd-session drawings was about equal among the 4 conditions, even though order identification varied significantly and adults found perceptual matches of drawings from the same S much easier with the copy than with the different condition. Results support Piaget's scheme-schema memory distinction in that a basic operative scheme lies behind alternative figural representations.
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/h0076122