図形類同視における方向および配置の発達的研究 VI

Abstract

In the previous studies (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) the author investigated, by the same time choice method, the development of the comparison of similarity of figures. On the other hand there are a recognition method for developmental study on the comparison of similarity of figures. The purpose of the present investigation is to try more advanced analyses of the developmental characteristics of the figure recognition from a study through the recognition method with the same figures as the previous paper (13).The four sets (two sets for each experiment) of figures used in the present experiments were the same as in the previous experiment. Each set consisted of the standard figure and elective figures. In the first place the standard figure was presented to subject for ten seconds and then was removed. In the second place the elective figures were presented. The subject was asked to select from among them the one which has the greatest similarity to the standard. In the experiment I the number of subjects, from kindergarten children to adults was 646 and in the experiment II, 615.Results with kindergarten children:a. The choice of the figures accord ing to form was dominant.b. The tendency to pay attention chiefly to the upper part of the figure was found in some degree.c. The reversal figures were chosen preferentially.d. The semi-reversal figures and the “elementary” figures which consisted of the same elements as the standard butt with different arrangements were much less chosen.The above-mentioned kindergarten results were the same ones as previous paper.Results with adults:In the recognition method of the present investigation figures chosen as similar by adults were determined much more by the action of recognition manner of reorganization than by the same choice method of the previous investigation.The developmental stages were found about at the third grade (the ages of 8-9) and the sixth (the ages of 11-12) in primary school and the second grade (the age of 13-14) in lower secondary school. The developmental stage came one year later than the previous study. The developmental processes from about the secondthird grades in primary school to the firstsecond grades in secondary school were found to make less changes than the previous paper.