The development of multitasking in children aged 7-11

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dc.contributor.authorVan Adel, James Michael
dc.contributor.supervisorKerns, Kimberly
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-28T22:00:42Z
dc.date.available2008-04-28T22:00:42Z
dc.date.copyright2007en_US
dc.date.issued2008-04-28T22:00:42Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science M.Sc.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the development of the ability to multitask in children along with other executive control processes that likely underlie goal-directed behavior in novel situations. 35 children, ages 7-11, completed an experimental multitasking paradigm, the Children’s Multiple Activities Game (CMAG), and an existing measure, the Six Parts Test (SPT) as well as two working memory and inhibition tasks and a prospective memory task. Results indicated that multitasking ability improves across this age range and is related to a number of executive abilities. Performance on the CMAG was related to a number of executive abilities, while the SPT was unrelated to these measures. To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the development of this ability in children. Findings will be discussed in terms of how this ability develops in relation to cognitive processes that are crucial and account for its variation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/907
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectMultitaskingen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectExecutive Functionen_US
dc.subjectProspective Memoryen_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Psychology::Developmental psychologyen_US
dc.titleThe development of multitasking in children aged 7-11en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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