Mothers' behavior modifications during pretense and their possible signal value for toddlers.
Mothers' behavior modifications during pretense and their possible signal value for toddlers.
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母亲在假装过程中的行为改变及其对幼儿可能的信号价值。
DOI：
10.1037/0012-1649.40.1.95
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
Witherington,DavidC
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作者：
Lillard,AngelineS;Witherington,DavidC
理解早期认知的一个重要问题是，为什么非常年幼的儿童对现实世界的表征不会被假装事件所混淆。对孩子来说，一个可能的信息来源是伪装者的行为。伪装者的行为可能会在真实和假装的场景中有系统的变化，可能会向幼儿发出信号，让他们把某些事件解释为不真实的。伪装者行为在两个实验中得到了检验，在这些实验中，母亲们被要求假装在吃零食，也被要求真的和18个月大的孩子一起吃零食。研究人员分析了语言和非语言行为的情况差异，包括微笑、注视、大笑和功能性运动。在几个变量的不同条件下发现了可靠的差异。在第三个实验中，孩子们对假装的明显理解与母亲的行为有关，并发现与母亲的一些行为变化有显著的关联，而不是其他的。这项工作为儿童如何学会将伪装行为解释为伪装的问题提供了第一个切入点。
An important issue for understanding early cognition is why very young children's real-world representations do not get confused by pretense events. One possible source of information for children is the pretender's behaviors. Pretender behaviors may vary systematically across real and pretend scenarios, perhaps signaling to toddlers to interpret certain events as not real. Pretender behaviors were examined in 2 experiments in which mothers were asked both to pretend to have a snack and really to have a snack with their 18-month-olds. Episodes were analyzed for condition differences in verbal and nonverbal behaviors, including smiling, looking, laughter, and functional movements. Reliable differences were found across conditions for several variables. In a 3rd experiment, children's apparent understanding of pretense in relation to their mothers' behaviors was examined, and significant associations were found with some of the mothers' behavioral changes but not others. This work provides a first inroad into the issue of how children learn to interpret pretense acts as pretense.