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Yakobson S. G., Safonova N. M.
Volitional attention formation in preschoolers
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The hypothesis that volitional attention is realized by performing several internal actions in mind was experimentally proved. Volitional attention was tested in 29 children 3,9—4,3 years old; Bourdon's test was applied in three series. The first one required finding and fixation of all the figures having the same form among 40 different figures. The second and the third series required finding and fixation of two types of figures. For the first series it was necessary to remember the form, to compare each figure to the image of given form, to fix identical ones. For the second and the third series it was necessary to remember two forms, to compare each given figure to these forms separately or to compare each given figure to both forms simultaneously. There were twice as much mistakes in identification with the second form as compared to the first. Afterwards the children were taught to compare the figures one by one. The retest has shown great progress in identification of one form in all the series and small progress in identification of the second form in the second and third series.

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