Future thinking in young children
Future thinking in young children
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00593.x
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发表时间：
2008-08-01
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Atance, Cristina M.
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作者：
Atance, Cristina M.
对未来思维的研究在心理学的各个领域都有越来越多的发展势头。在心理上将自我投射到时间的前方（即，心理时间旅行）被认为是人类独有的，对人类文化的进化至关重要。然而，直到最近，发展主义者才开始研究这种能力何时以及如何出现。我开始通过概述心理时间旅行的概念，沿着与新开发的方法来测试儿童的能力，心理项目的自我到未来。数据表明，这种能力在4岁或5岁时就已经存在，但也揭示了儿童可能难以准确预测未来欲望的条件。最后，我讨论了儿童的心理时间旅行的研究可以用来进一步了解未来导向的行为，包括计划和延迟满足的发展。
The study of future thinking is gaining momentum across various domains of psychology. Mentally projecting the self forward in time (i.e., mental time travel) is argued to be uniquely human and of vital importance to the evolution of human culture. Yet it is only recently that developmentalists have begun to study when, and how, this capacity emerges. I begin by outlining the concept of mental time travel, along with newly developed methodologies to test children's ability to mentally project the self into the future. Data suggest that this ability is in place by ages 4 or 5 but also reveal conditions under which children may experience difficulty accurately predicting their future desires. I conclude by discussing how the research on children's mental time travel can be used to further our understanding of the development of future-oriented behaviors, including planning and delaying gratification.