Observing executive activity in a simple assembly task.
Performance of a group of adult trainees in a workshop for mentally retarded persons and that of an equivalent-MA group of third-grade children was observed in a toy construction task. Performances were video taped and subsequently coded for executive activity and other classes of behavior. A range of executive activities was identified, and these proved to be a powerful influence in discriminating between the groups. Other analyses of event sequences examined where executive activity occurred and which types of events typically followed such activity.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007360:Intelligence; D009042:Motivation; D011340:Problem Solving; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012759:Sheltered Workshops