思想理论和整个生命周期的文本理解:一个元分析
Virginia Tompkins1, Derek E Montgomery2, Rebecca A Dore3
1Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Lima.
Developmental psychology
|November 7, 2024
概括
思想理论 (ToM) 对于理解文本至关重要. 这一元分析证实了ToM能力和文本理解之间的根本联系,即使在控制口头和执行功能时也是如此.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 思想理论 (ToM) 被假设为文本理解的必要条件.
- 之前的研究提出了关于这种关系的基本性质的混合发现,并讨论了与口头和执行功能的共享差异.
研究的目的:
- 通过全面的元分析,最终评估 ToM 和文本理解之间的关系.
- 调查这种关系是否是基本的,还是通过其他认知技能来调解的.
主要方法:
- 对47个独立样本进行了元分析,其中包括5123名年龄在3至70岁之间的参与者.
- 分析了157个效果大小,以确定ToM与文本理解之间的关联.
- 额外的元分析对口头和执行功能能力进行了控制.
主要成果:
- 在ToM和文本理解之间发现了显著的正相关性 (r = .33).
- 即使在控制口头和/或执行功能之后,这种关系仍然显著 (r = .22-.32).
- 效果大小根据语言略有变化,对于听力比阅读理解更强.
结论:
- 这些发现提供了强有力的证据,证明思想理论和文本理解之间存在着根本的,直接的关系.
- ToM不仅仅与文本理解有关,因为它与其他认知技能有共同的差异.
- 这种关系是跨越广泛的年龄范围和不同类型的任务的基础.
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