L'influence de la complexité relationnelle et des stratégies sur le raisonnement de l'enfant dans la tâche du Carré Latin

International audienceThe present study focused on children's deductive reasoning when performing the Latin Square Task, an experimental task designed to explore the influence of relational complexity. Building on Birney, Halford, and Andrew's (2006) research, we created a version of the task that minimized nonrelational factors and introduced new categories of items. The results of two experiments conducted with school-aged children yielded an apparent dilution of complexity effects and suggest that specific inferential strategies can reduce the relational complexity that children need to process. A theoretical account is proposed emphasizing the influence of adaptive selection of strategies that mediate processing capacity constraints in reasoning development

Self-and parent-rated measures of personality are related to different dimensions of school adjustment

International audienceLinks have often been drawn between individual personality differences among children, as captured by the Big Five personality traits, and academic achievement. Published research shows that conscientiousness is the most decisive factor, and its predictive power is greater when it is other- rather than self-assessed. In the current study (N = 161; Mage = 10.79 years), we examined the associations between both forms of personality assessment and two dimensions of school adjustment. Results confirmed that other-assessments are more statistically predictive of academic adjustment, but showed that self-assessments are more statistically predictive of subjective wellbeing at school. Complementary analyses in the form of generalized additive models indicated that the relationship between personality and wellbeing can follow either a linear or a nonlinear pattern, depending on which particular trait is considered. Such results may have practical implications for the choice of assessment method, and theoretical ones for the study of relations between personality and subjective wellbeing at school an area that is still relatively unexplored

The development of relational integration during childhood.

International audienceRelational integration refers to the process whereby several variables are integrated within a single cognitive representation. In cognitive and developmental science, it is regarded as a central function of working memory that may contribute to the development of higher order processes, such as reasoning and fluid intelligence. In the present experiment, we administered the Relational Integration Level Assessment Task (RILAT), a novel experimental task designed to assess children's level of relational integration , to participants aged 5–12 years, along with a measure of fluid intelligence. Results yielded age norms for the development of successive levels of relational complexity and indicated a smooth progression rather than abrupt, stage-like transitions. Relational integration was found to be closely associated with fluid intelligence, as measured by Raven's Progressive Matrices. Analyses of age-related changes in this association revealed that the relationship was strongest during the stabilization periods for each level of relational complexity

Intégration relationnelle en mémoire de travail et intelligence fluide chez l'enfant

International audienceEn psychologie développementale comme en psychologie cognitive adulte, des liens étroits sont envisagés entre le fonctionnement de la mémoire de travail et celui de l'intelligence fluide. Cependant, peu d'auteurs intègrent ces données dans un modèle théorique du développement de l'intelligence chez l'enfant. La Théorie de la Complexité Relationnelle fournit un cadre théorique pour comprendre comment la capacité en mémoire de travail influence l'induction de relations, qui constitue elle-même un mécanisme central de l'intelligence. Elle fournit également un canevas pour la conception d'épreuves d'évaluation de la capacité d'intégration relationnelle. Dans la présente étude, des enfants de 9 à 12 ans ont été confrontés à trois épreuves : une épreuve d'intelligence fluide, une épreuve de mémoire de travail classique et une nouvelle épreuve conçue pour évaluer spécifiquement la capacité d'intégration relationnelle. Les résultats montrent que l'évolution avec l'âge de l'intelligence fluide est médiatisée par les progrès de la capacité d'intégration relationnelle, au-delà de la capacité de stockage et traitement. La discussion réexamine les contributions possibles des différentes fonctions de la mémoire de travail dans le raisonnement et les pistes méthodologiques permettant de les étudier. Relational integration in working memory and children's fluid intelligence ABSTRACT Both cognitive and developmental literatures report strong relationships between working memory and fluid intelligence. However, few authors integrate these data in a theoretical model of intelligence development in children. The Relational Complexity Theory provides a theoretical framework: (a) to understand how the working memory capacity could influence relational induction, which in turn constitutes a central mechanism o

L’impact des différences interindividuelles dans la régulation des émotions sur les phénomènes d’oscillations et d’emballements émotionnels : une approche en systèmes dynamiques des émotions et de leur régulation

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Reactive or Proactive? Age Differences in the Use of Affective Regulation Strategies

International audienceWe examined age-related differences in the reactive and proactive use of affect regulation strategies. We collected data from 209 participants 13– 80 years of age, using an experience sampling method. The most interesting finding was that, as hypothesized, compared with those under 20, adults 20 and over used the 2 strategies we focused on (i.e., problem solving and positive reappraisal) more intensely and in a reactive manner. By contrast, from the age of about 55 upward, adults were characterized by a more intensely proactive use of these strategies. Results are discussed in the light of age differences in motivation

Régulez ses affects avec flexibilité... ou pas.

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A Beta Item Response Model for Continuous Bounded Responses

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Le modèle Bêta, un modèle de réponse à l’item adaptée aux réponses continues bornées

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