Abstract
FURTH, HANS G.; Ross, BRUCE M.; and YouvNss, JAMES. Operative Understanding in Reproductions of Drawings. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1974, 45, 63-70. The dependence of immediate, short-term, and long-term reproductive memory on operative understanding was studied with children, kindergarten to grade 4. The stimuli were 4 line drawings: a tilted glass with liquid, a falling and turning stick, an interrupted number sequence, and a house with a tilted chimney. Operative understanding was found to be age related and influenced copying as much as memory drawings within 2 weeks. After 6 months and after 1 year, memory modifications were observed that included some long-term operative improvement but also substantial deterioration. These systematic results were interpreted in Piaget's framework as an interaction between a weakening figurative content-the traditional memory trace-and a gradually improving operative understanding that fluctuates during transitional periods.
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