Infants' perception of causal chains
Infants' perception of causal chains
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-9280.00178
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发表时间：
1999-09-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Cashon, CH
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作者：
Cohen, LB;Rundell, LJ;Cashon, CH
三个实验考察了婴儿和成年人对事件随意顺序的感知。在因果链序列中，第一个动作导致第二个动作，然后第二个动作导致最终结果；在时间链序列中，前两个动作是独立的，第二个动作导致最终结果。向婴儿和成年人展示相同的事件序列；婴儿使用视觉习惯化范式进行休息，而成年人则接受问卷调查。实验一表明，15个月大的婴儿认为最终结果的主要原因是因果关系链中的第一个动作，而时间链中的第二个动作。实验2表明，成年人对因果序列的解释方式与15个月大的婴儿类似。最后，实验3表明，10个月大的婴儿还不能像15个月大的婴儿和成年人那样感知因果序列。这些结果是从婴儿对偶然事件的发展知识和成年人对复杂事件中的偶然性的归因两个方面来解释的。
Three experiments examined infants' and adults' perception of casual sequences of events. In a causal-chain sequence, the first action causes a second action that then causes a final outcome; in a temporal-chain sequence, the first two actions are independent and the second action causes a final outcome. Infants and adults were shown the same event sequences; infants were rested using a visual habituation paradigm, whereas adults were given a questionnaire. Experiment 1 indicated that 15-month-old infants perceive the primary cause of the final outcome to be the first action in a causal chain but the second action in a temporal chain. Experiment 2 showed that adults interpret the causal sequences in a manner similar to that of 15-month-olds. Finally, Experiment 3 showed that 10-month-old infants do not yet perceive causal sequences in the same manner as 15-month-olds and adults. These results are interpreted in terms of both infants' developing knowledge of casual events and adults' attributions of casuality in complex events.