The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Young Children's Future-Oriented Decision Making
The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Young Children's Future-Oriented Decision Making
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DOI：
10.1037/dev0001179
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发表时间：
2021-06-01
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4
通讯作者：
Atance, Cristina
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作者：
Burns, Patrick;McCormack, Teresa;Atance, Cristina
我们研究了情景未来思维（EFT）的发展是否与延迟满足任务的表现有关：延迟选择任务，涉及在现在的小奖励或第二天的大奖励之间进行选择。在研究1中，4- 5岁儿童（N = 99）的EFT作为一个工具保存任务的测量与延迟选择任务的性能显着相关，但这是不是其他EFT措施的情况。研究2比较了4- 5岁儿童（N = 130）在延迟选择任务上的表现，当提示思考未来，过去或习惯性事件与无提示基线。总的来说，提示损害了延迟选择任务的表现。虽然EFT确实显示出与学龄前儿童在延迟选择任务中的表现有关，但故意参与对未来事件的思考可能对幼儿来说过于繁重，无法可靠地提高做出面向未来的决定的能力。
We investigated whether the developmental emergence of episodic future thinking (EFT) is associated with performance on a type of delay of gratification task: a delay choice task that involved choosing between a small reward now or a larger reward the next day. In Study 1, 4- to 5-year-olds' (N = 99) EFT as measured by a tool saving task was significantly associated with performance on the delay choice task, but this was not the case for other EFT measures. Study 2 compared the performance of 4-to 5-year-olds (N = 130) on the delay choice task when cued to think about either a future, past, or habitual event versus a no-cue baseline. Overall, cuing impaired performance on the delay choice task. Although EFT does show a relation to performance in a delay choice task in preschoolers, deliberately engaging in thought about future events may be too taxing in young children to reliably enhance the ability to make future-oriented decisions.