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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Background:

  • Adhering to plans requires intentional commitment to override distractions.
  • Understanding the developmental trajectory of this commitment is key to cognitive development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the development of commitment to partial plans in young children.
  • To investigate the correlation between this commitment and attentional control.

Main Methods:

  • Two studies involving 50 Han Chinese children aged 5-6 years.
  • A sequential decision-making task was used to assess commitment to partial plans.
  • Correlation analysis was performed between commitment and proactive attentional control.

Main Results:

  • Only 6-year-old children demonstrated commitment to partial plans (d = .51).
  • A positive correlation (r = .40) was found between children's commitment ratio and their use of proactive control.
  • Intentional commitment appears to develop later than the understanding of intentions.

Conclusions:

  • Intentional commitment to partial plans is a gradually developing capacity.
  • Attentional control, specifically proactive control, plays a significant role in the development of commitment.
  • This suggests a dissociation between intention understanding and the ability to commit to a plan.