The relative effects of chronological age and experiential deprivation upon pictorial
recognition were investigated. Following a 4 x 2 factorial design four age levels
(4-5, 5-6, 6-7 and 7-8 years) and two levels of deprivation (low/high) were
manipulated. There were 50 subjects in each cell i.e., a total of 400 subjects. All
subjects performed on pictorial recognition task individually. The results revealed
significant main effects of age and deprivation. The interaction between age and
deprivation was also significant. Longitudinal analysis of part of the data also
supported these results. It appears that recognition memory increases with age and
experiential deprivation interfers with the growth of recognition capacity in children.
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