Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 1-11.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.01.01

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The Role of Inhibitory Control in the Development of Analogical Mapping: Cognitive Load Matters

YU Xiao1, ZHANG Heyi2, QI Yue3,4, CHEN Yinghe3,4, LIU Haoning1, ZHAO Yuxi1, QIAO Xuewen5   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083;
    2. Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    3. Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    4. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    5. Special Education School in Wendeng District, Weihai 264400
  • Published:2023-01-10

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Abstract: The negative priming (i.e., hereafter referred to as NP) paradigm was designed to provide evidence that inhibitory control is important in situations that contain conflicting information. This study aimed to investigate the role of inhibitory control and cognitive load in analogical mapping with the NP paradigm among children at different ages and adults. In Experiment 1, thirty-one 7-year-olds, thirty-three 10-year-olds, and thirty-four adults were administered with a high-cognitive-load NP analogical size-mapping task. Findings demonstrated that the NP effects in all participants and the effects decreased with age. In Experiment 2, thirty 7-year-olds, thirty 10-year-olds, and thirty-two adults completed a similar task of which the cognitive load was lower than the task in Experiment 1.Results showed the NP effects across all age groups, while there was no age difference in Experiment 2.The current study suggests the importance of inhibitory control and cognitive load in the development of analogical mapping.

Key words: analogical mapping, children, inhibitory control, negative priming, cognitive load

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  • B844
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