Mechanisms of Transposition of Relations in Preschool-Age Children

Abstract

The study of transposition, as the references to the work of Kuenne and Spence in this paper indicate, has long been a favorite testing ground for S-R theories of learning and mental development. The addition of modern eye-movement recording technology gives this paper very much in common with the recent work of Vinpillot (Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1968, 6, 632-650), although the results of the two studies seem difficult to reconcile. Vinpillot's data indicate that young children do less sampling of the attributes of stimuli being compared.