Task-Specific Knowledge of the Law of Pendulum Motion in Children and Adults

• DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.64.2.103
• Publication Date: 2005-10-13T21:57:14Z
• Authors: Andrea Frick; Susanne Huber; Ulf-Dietrich Reips; Horst Krist
• Keywords: Pendulum

The present experiment investigated children and adults’ knowledge of the pendulum law under different task conditions. question asked was whether adults fourth-graders knew that period a is function length but independent its mass. to judge on rating scale (judgment task), imagine swinging indicate corresponding time interval (imagery or adjust dynamically presented (perception task). Normative consideration as only relevant factor primarily found in perception and, for adults, imagery task, whereas judgment frequently considered irrelevant dimension Most showed poor performance. Preceding adjustment task) had no differential influence subsequent