抄録
The temporal course of stimulus recognition was measured after the kindergartners and 2nd grade children were trained in either to observe the stimuli or to associate them with representative verbal labels. The Ss were given a shape recognition test and both free and aided recall tests 3 times at different intervals (once-immediately after, 2nd-15min later, 3rd-1wk later) to measure the retention of associated verbal labels. Results were: (a) In kindergartners, shape recognition decreased rapidly according to the delays employed, while label recall was stable, (b) in 2nd grade children, both shape recognition and label recall were generally stable. These results were interpreted as supporting the view that the courses of shape recognition and label recall were essentially dependent.
