Impossible puzzle

In the Impossible puzzle paradigm, children are instructed to assemble a wooden puzzle in which one piece is intentionally made too big, so that it would never fit. The observations are coded to score children's persistence on the task (i.e., working on the puzzle, trying to make the major piece fit).

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Waves
  • Generation R

  • 3 years
    •   C
    34 months - 4.7 years   From 2005-01-01 to 2009-12-31
    Mode of collection Observation
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Impossible puzzle
    Measure name Emotion regulation
    References
    Harris, K. R. (1986). The effects of cognitive-behavior modification on private speech and task performance during problem solving among learning-disabled and normally achieving children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 14(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00917222
    Ringoot, A. P., Jansen, P. W., Kok, R., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Verlinden, M., Verhulst, F. C., Bakermans‐Kranenburg, M., & Tiemeier, H. (2021). Parenting, young children’s behavioral self‐regulation and the quality of their peer relationships. Social Development, 31(3), 715–732. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12573
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