Effect of social context on flexibility in 5-year-olds.

• Main Author: Lin, Audrey Shu Hui.
• 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/10356/40509
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study covers cognitive flexibility in 5-year-olds. A block sorting task was used to test 53 Singaporean preschoolers across three social contexts: individual, cooperative, and competitive. It was found that a competitive context best facilitated the block sorting task, with no significant diffe...