Cognitive and contextual factors in the emergence of diverse belief systems: Creation versus evolution
Cognitive and contextual factors in the emergence of diverse belief systems: Creation versus evolution
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DOI：
10.1006/cogp.2001.0749
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发表时间：
2001-05-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Evans, EM
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作者：
Evans, EM
在基督教原教旨主义和非原教旨主义学校社区，与年龄，教育水平和地区相匹配的参与者的出现和分布的物种起源的信念进行了调查。儿童（n = 185）和母亲（n = 92）被问及有生命的，无生命的，和文物的起源，和儿童被问及他们的利益和自然历史知识。学龄前儿童和他们的母亲一样，接受他们社区的主流信仰，神创论或进化论; 8到10岁的孩子完全是神创论，不管来自哪个社区; 5到7岁的原教旨主义学校的孩子支持神创论。而非原教旨主义者则支持神创论和自发生成论的混合信仰。儿童的自然历史知识和宗教兴趣预测他们的进化论和神创论的信仰，分别独立于父母的信仰。有人认为，这种不同的发展模式是最好的解释与建设性的互动模式：儿童产生直觉的信仰起源，自然和故意的，而社区特权某些信念和抑制他人，从而产生不同的信仰体系。(C)北京：科学出版社.
The emergence and distribution of beliefs about the origins of species is investigated in Christian fundamentalist and nonfundamentalist school communities, with participants matched by age, educational level, and locale. Children (n = 185) and mothers (n = 92) were questioned about animate, inanimate, and artifact origins, and children were asked about their interests and natural-history knowledge. Preadolescents, like their mothers, embraced the dominant beliefs of their community, creationist or evolutionist; 8- to 10-year-olds were exclusively creationist, regardless of community of origin; 5- to 7-year-olds in fundamentalist schools endorsed creationism. whereas nonfundamentalists endorsed mixed creationist and spontaneous generationist beliefs. Children's natural-history knowledge and religious interest predicted their evolutionist and creationist beliefs, respectively, independently of parent beliefs. It is argued that this divergent developmental pattern is optimally explained with a model of constructive interactionism: Children generate intuitive beliefs about origins, both natural and intentional, while communities privilege certain beliefs and inhibit others, thus engendering diverse belief systems. (C) 2001 Academic Press.