Young children's understanding of desire formation
Young children's understanding of desire formation
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DOI：
10.1037/0012-1649.36.1.77
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发表时间：
2000-01-01
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4
通讯作者：
Wusinich, N
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作者：
Moses, LJ;Coon, JA;Wusinich, N
两项研究调查了学龄前儿童对心理状态如何产生的认识。在研究 1 中，3 至 5 岁的儿童（每个年龄 24 岁）比生理产生的欲望（例如，长时间不吃东西产生对食物的渴望）更好地理解感知产生的信念（例如，看着某个位置产生对该位置内容的信念）和态度产生的欲望（例如，对某项活动的积极体验产生再次参与该活动的欲望）。在研究 2 中，4 岁和 5 岁的孩子（每个年龄 48 岁）比经历时间（现在吃东西 vs 很久以前吃东西）更好地理解经验数量（例如，吃得多还是吃得少）对生理状态和欲望的影响。研究结果表明，儿童是否以更高级的方式推理欲望或信念取决于考虑这些心理状态的哪些方面。
Two studies examined preschoolers' appreciation of how mental states arise. In Study 1, children aged 3 to 5 (24 at each age) better understood perception-generated beliefs (e.g., that looking in a certain location generates a belief about the location's content) and attitude-generated desires (e.g., that positive experiences with an activity generate a desire to partake of the activity again) than physiology-generated desires (e.g., that not eating for a long time generates a desire for food). Ln Study 2, 4- and 5-year-olds (48 at each age) better understood the effects of quantity of experience (e.g., eating a lot vs, a little) than of time of experience (eating just now vs. a long time ago) on physiological states and desires. The findings suggest that whether children reason in more advanced fashion about desires or beliefs depends on which aspects of these mental states are considered.