The effect of self-observation on children's problem solving

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 410-423

  Fireman, Gary ^a   Kose, Gary ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Problem solving; Tower of Hanoi; Video self observation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036887069     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320209598693     Document Type: Article

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