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Psychological-Educational Studies
2025. Vol. 17, no. 3, 59–78
doi:10.17759/psyedu.2025170304
ISSN: 2587-6139 (online)

The method of studying mediated memorization, thinking features and regulation of activity “Pictogram”: standardization of the norm for children of six and seven years

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. The current request of modern genetic research is the identification of systemic development indicators that reflect general patterns of mental changes and the results of the impact of educational systems. An important principle of psychodiagnostics is the relationship between the depth of the reality being studied and the capabilities of the tools. Objective. Empirical substantiation and standardization of age norms of mediated memorization, features of thinking, voluntary regulation and organization of activities for older preschool children. Methods and materials. The study involved 166 children aged 6 years (median age 71,5 ± 3,8 months, 51,2% girls) and 296 children aged 7 years (median age 83,6 ± 3,6 months, 52,3% girls) from 6 regions of the Russian Federation. Research methods: testing, methods of mathematical statistics (calculation of Cronbach's Alpha coefficients, Guttman splitting coefficient, correlation analysis). Research methodology: the "Pictogram" technique (A.R. Luria) modified by E.I. Izotova (Izotova, 2012). The modified version of A.R. Luria's "Pictogram" technique is aimed at studying the characteristics of the cognitive and personal sphere, voluntary regulation and organization of activities of older preschool children. Results. The article presents the results of the study of the cognitive sphere and the sphere of regulation of activity of senior preschool children using the "Pictogram" technique. The results of the internal consistency check of the indicators and the reliability of the modified "Pictogram" technique are presented using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient and Split-half reliability on the entire sample (N = 462). As a result, standard norms were determined for three indicators of the "Pictogram" technique for children of six and seven years of age. The norm was determined by the intraquartile range relative to the values of the upper and lower quartiles: mediated memorization 5–9 points out of 12 (for six years) and 8–11 points out of 12 (for seven years); originality 1–5 points out of 12 (for 6 years) and 1–3 points out of 12 (for seven years); voluntary regulation of activity 2 points out of 3 (for six and seven years old). Conclusions. The research data determine the features of mediated memorization, the form of mental activity, voluntary regulation and organization of the activity of children of six and seven years old, which allows us to make predictions regarding their mastery of preschool education programs, as well as to reasonably determine strategies for the development of voluntary memory, visual-figurative thinking, originality as a characteristic of creativity/creative imagination.

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Keywords: senior preschool age, mediated memorization, form of thought activity, originality, organization and regulation of activity, standardization

Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2025170304

Funding. The study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, (Agreement 075-10-2025-017)”

Received 11.08.2025

Revised 04.09.2025

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For citation: Izotova, E.I., Molchanova, G.V., Avdulova, T.P., Khuzeeva, G.R. (2025). The method of studying mediated memorization, thinking features and regulation of activity “Pictogram”: standardization of the norm for children of six and seven years. Psychological-Educational Studies, 17(3), 59–78. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2025170304

© Izotova E.I., Molchanova G.V., Avdulova T.P., Khuzeeva G.R., 2025

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Elena I. Izotova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Head of the Department, Department of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Scientific Center for Cognitive Research, Head of the group "Generation, Transfer and Acquisition of Knowledge" , Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3115-8332, e-mail: teoretic@mail.ru

Galina V. Molchanova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor of the Chair of Development Psychology, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Associate Professor, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Further Professional Education «Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education» of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3275-4224, e-mail: psygvm@gmail.com

Tatiana P. Avdulova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Leading Researcher at the Laboratory of Preschool Education of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "IRZAR", Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8650-2751, e-mail: avdulova@bk.ru

Guzeliya R. Khuzeeva, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Department of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1104-9489, e-mail: guzeliya.h@yandex.ru

Contribution of the authors

Elena I. Izotova — idea of scientific research; modification of research method, annotation, writing and editing of manuscript; research planning; control over the conduct of research, generalization of research results.

Galina V. Molchanova — conducting empirical research, organizing research on test sites, applying statistical, mathematical or other methods to analyze data; collecting and analyzing data; visualizing research results.

Tatyana P. Avdulova — justification of the study; conducting the empirical study, writing the manuscript; interpreting the research results, visualizing the research results.

Guzelia R. Khuzeeva — conducting the empirical study, collecting and analyzing data, and preparing the manuscript.

All authors participated in the discussion of the results and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethics statement

The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (report no 2, 2025/06/16).

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