Behavior of young children with Down syndrome before the mirror: finding things reflected.
Behavior of young children with Down syndrome before the mirror: finding things reflected.
复制标题
患有唐氏综合症的幼儿在镜子前的行为：发现反映的事物。
作者：
K. Loveland
患有唐氏综合症（DS）的儿童和智力年龄相当（16-32个月）的正常发育（ND）儿童在发现镜子中所见事物的能力方面进行了比较。任务包括寻找脸上的胭脂痕迹，寻找母亲，寻找玩具，以及在镜子前自由玩耍。结果发现，这两组人完成每项任务的可能性是一样的，而且在完成任务的模式或注意到刺激的提示量上没有差异。随着心理年龄的增长，两组人都需要更少的提示，更有可能找到刺激。患有和没有自闭症的儿童对特定任务的兴趣并不相同，患有自闭症的儿童总体上更关注镜子，而自闭症儿童在某些任务情境中往往更快地失去兴趣。在寻找反映的母亲或玩具时，错误策略的重要性也得到了检验。本研究认为，障碍儿童解决不同类型镜像任务的能力与障碍儿童相似，但可能存在动机、注意和探索性差异。
Children with Down syndrome (DS) and normally developing (ND) children of comparable mental age (16-32 months) were compared in their ability to find things seen in the mirror. Tasks included finding a rouge mark on the face, finding the mother, finding a toy, as well as free play before the mirror. The 2 groups were found to be equally likely to solve each task and did not differ in pattern of tasks solved or amount of prompting to notice the stimulus. With increasing mental age, both groups required less prompting and were more likely to locate the stimulus. Children with and without DS were not equally interested in particular tasks, and children with DS were more attentive to the mirror overall, whereas ND children tended to lose interest more rapidly in some task situations. The significance of incorrect strategies in searching for the reflected mother or toy was also examined. It was concluded that the ability of children with DS to solve different kinds of mirror tasks paralleled that of ND children, but that motivational, attentional, and exploratory differences may exist.