The Coordination of Perspectives: An Analysis of the Importance of Methodological Factors

Abstract

The ability to coordinate perspectives with two types of choice stimuli was assessed with groups of elementary school and college students. Correct and egocentric response rates were affected by the age of the subject and the type of choice stimuli used; the importance of stimulus characteristics was particularly pronounced for sixth-grade students. It was concluded that the inferences made by researchers concerning spatial development may in part be dependent upon the type of choice stimuli used in coordination of perspectives tasks.