Transposition of response by children trained in intermediate-size problems.

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"Twenty-six Ss, between 58 and 73 months of age, were trained on an intermediate-size problem and then tested with stimuli differing in size from the training stimuli. Both absolute and relative responses were made by Ss in response to the test stimuli, depending on the conditions of training and testing, in particular the effects of: (a) Difference between stimuli; and (b) time between training and testing. Large differences between stimuli yielded predominantly absolute responses, while small differences favored response in relative terms. A lapse of time produced relative responses in both situations. Verbalization did not ensure relative responses, nor did its absence preclude them." Author''s summary.
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