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Summary
Forty-four preschoolers were tested for spatial and conceptual role-taking ability and were observed for social behaviors during free play. Measures were correlated, and results showed that all absolute and relative measures of preference for adults as social objects were negatively related to spatial role-taking tasks. Relative measures for peer preference were positively related to spatial role-taking ability, but absolute measures of peer interaction were unrelated. Chronological age did not mediate these relationships. Results were interpreted as further evidence for the link between social behavior and social cognition. Results also indicated three factors for social behavior: Adult Orientation, Group Orientation, and Peer Interaction. Measures of adult preference were negatively related to those of child interaction, suggesting somewhat mutually exclusive object preferences at this age.