What Makes an Act a Pretense One? Young Children’s Pretend-Real Judgments and Explanations
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-04-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Social Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Abstract EN
The present study examined what makes an act a pretense one for adults and preschoolers.
Participants watched pretense versus real acts, judged whether each act was pretend or real, and justified their judgment by citing the cues they used.
These reported cues are presumed to reflect viewers’ conception of what makes an act a pretense one.
The results suggested that like adults, 5-year-olds represented pretense behavior in the form of contrasts between pretense and its real counterpart.
However, children placed greater weight on deviant content than on behavioral cues, whereas adults used behavioral cues, especially movement, when content information was not available.
These results are discussed in terms of how children’s intuitive theories of pretense might differ from those of adults.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ma, Lili& Lillard, Angeline S.. 2013. What Makes an Act a Pretense One? Young Children’s Pretend-Real Judgments and Explanations. Child Development Research،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473851
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ma, Lili& Lillard, Angeline S.. What Makes an Act a Pretense One? Young Children’s Pretend-Real Judgments and Explanations. Child Development Research No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473851
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ma, Lili& Lillard, Angeline S.. What Makes an Act a Pretense One? Young Children’s Pretend-Real Judgments and Explanations. Child Development Research. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473851
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-473851