%A Zhang Lianyun Hebei Normal University %T A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON OBSERVATION ABILITY BETWEEN SUPERNORMAL AND NORMAL CHILDREN AT AGE 3—6 %0 Journal Article %D 1987 %J Acta Psychologica Sinica %R %P 98-104 %V 19 %N 2 %U {https://journal.psych.ac.cn/xlxb/CN/abstract/article_461.shtml} %8 1987-06-25 %X This report is based on the results of one of a series of expe-riments on the cognitive ability of supernormal children organized by anational joint research group for the study of such children. Ourpurpose is to explore quantitatively and qualitatively the levels andcharacteristics of the ovservation ability of normal children at age 3-6in order to establish an index to screen the supernormal children. The test was designed on the basis of children's characteristics. Theresults proved high validity and reliability of the test in screeningsupernormal children between the ages of 3 and 6. It was found that the development of the observation ability of 3to 6-year-old children was uneven. The development in the 3-year-oldgroup was faster than that in the other age groups in both quantityand quality. Through comparative study between normal and supernormalchildren, it was found that between the four-year-old groups ofsupernormal and normal children, the difference in quality was muchmore significant than that in quantity. The result is useful to furtherresearch on supernormal children.