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Citation link: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/3449

Publisher DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01535.x
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When easy comes hard: The development of adaptive strategy selection


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Authors: Mata, Rui  
von Helversen, Bettina  
Rieskamp, Jörg  
Abstract: 
Can children learn to select the right strategy for a given problem? In one experiment, 9- to 10-year-olds (N=50), 11- to 12-year-olds (N=50), and adults (N=50) made probabilistic inferences. Participants encountered environments favoring either an information-intensive strategy that integrates all available information or an information-frugal strategy that relies only on the most valid pieces of information. Nine- to 10-year-olds but not older children or adults had more difficulties learning to select an information-frugal strategy than an information-intensive strategy. This counterintuitive finding is explained by children’s less developed ability to selectively attend to relevant information, an ability that seems to develop during late childhood. The results suggest that whether a strategy can be considered “easy” depends on the development of specific cognitive abilities.
Keywords: Adaptive Strategy Selection; Multiple-Cue Inference; Decision Making; Decision making process
Issue Date: 9-Mar-2011
Publisher: Wiley
Journal/Edited collection: Child Development 
Issue: 2
Start page: 687
End page: 700
Volume: 82
Type: Artikel/Aufsatz
ISSN: 0009-3920
Secondary publication: yes
Document version: Postprint
DOI: 10.26092/elib/3449
URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-elib84152
Institution: Universität Bremen 
Faculty: Fachbereich 11: Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften (FB 11) 
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