标志性数字手势:儿童和父母在早期家庭环境中的自然主义使用
Madeleine Oswald1, Alana Foley1, Susan Goldin-Meadow1
1Department of Psychology, University of Chicago.
Developmental psychology
|August 28, 2025
概括
孩子们比父母使用更多的数字手势, 父母或孩子早期使用手势并不能预测后来的数字知识.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学
- 认知科学
- 儿童发展
背景情况:
- 研究表明,儿童的数字手势可能反映出比单独的数字词更大的数字知识.
- 之前的研究强调了手势使用与幼儿数值理解之间的联系.
- 父母和儿童使用标志性数字手势的具体背景和频率需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 检查父母和幼儿使用标志性数字手势的频率和背景.
- 调查父母和孩子之间的数字词和数字手势使用之间的关系.
- 确定早期的手势使用是否预测了以后的枢机数知识.
主要方法:
- 一项纵向的,自然的,家庭研究观察了14至58个月大的儿童及其父母.
- 收集的数据集中在标志性数字手势和数字词的使用上.
- 分析了父母和孩子的手势使用与实体的存在或缺失.
主要成果:
- 标志性数字手势的使用率低于数字词的使用率.
- 孩子们使用更多的数字手势,而父母则使用更多的数字词.
- 两个小组都更多地使用手势来表达不存在的实体,并且更多地使用单词来表达存在的实体;儿童早期的手势使用反映了他们的父母,但两者都没有预测后来的数字知识.
结论:
- 父母和孩子的标志性数字手势使用率低于数字词的使用率.
- 使用手势和词语的语境不同,手势偏好非现有物体.
- 父母或儿童早期使用数字手势似乎不是后来的核心数字知识的预测因素.
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