Preschool children are capable of displaying strategies in memory tasks and demonstrating an early understanding of memorization (e. g., Wellman, 1988; Baker-Ward, Ornstein, & Holden, 1984). Questions remain, however, about the origins of strategic behavior in early childhood. A great deal of recent attention has been devoted to the interrelations among working memory and measures of executive functioning/inhibitory control in elementary-school children (e.g., Schneider, Schumann-Hengsteler, & Sodian, 2005). The goal of this investigation was to extend this work to preschool children in order to examine possible influences on the emergence of deliberate remembering. Specifically, interrelations among working memory, inhibitory control, and deliberate task approaches were examined in 168 three-year-olds who participated in a large-scale, broadly-focused investigation of development, the Durham Child Health and Development Study. Although predicted relations among multiple domains of cognitive functioning were not observed, important findings did emerge. Previous results examining the use of deliberate task approaches were replicated in a more diverse and younger sample. Support for the presence of deliberate remembering in young preschoolers was found in a significant positive relation between language ability and the extent of deliberate task approaches. Finally, an unexpected relation between deliberate task approaches and subsequent recall performance was found; this result is discussed in relation to Utilization Deficiency. Implications for understanding some of the contributors to the emergence of deliberate remembering are presented, and directions for future research are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NCSU/oai:NCSU:etd-03242008-181800 |
| Date | 24 April 2008 |
| Creators | Turner, Kimberly Ann |
| Contributors | Mary Haskett, Shevaun Neupert, Lynne Baker-Ward |
| Publisher | NCSU |
| Source Sets | North Carolina State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03242008-181800/ |
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