Effects of social context on 5-year-olds’ performance on a flexibility task.

• Main Author: Ng, Hui Qun.
• Other Authors: Qu Li
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Consciousness and cognition
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40005
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The impact of social contexts on 5-year-old’s flexibility was examined. Children’s flexibility was measured with a block sorting task where they sorted 12 blocks using different dimensions without being told which dimensions to sort by. Scoring was based on the number of accurate sorts and the compl...