儿童不断发展的预测从可变性信息的新奇结果的能力
Elizabeth Lapidow1, Mariel Goddu2, Caren M Walker1
1Department of Psychology, University of California San Diego.
Developmental psychology
|October 6, 2025
概括
孩子们可以做出抽象的推断来预测结果. 年轻的学龄前儿童根据球的颜色变化推断盒子内容,随着年龄的增长,这种能力变得越来越复杂.
科学领域:
- 认知发展 认知发展
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 抽象的推理 抽象的推理
背景情况:
- 从特定实例中抽象推断是一种关键的认知技能.
- 了解儿童如何发展这种能力对于发展心理学至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童在观察数据之外做出抽象推断的能力.
- 检查儿童如何使用二阶特征推理 (变量) 来进行新的预测.
主要方法:
- 对161名学龄前儿童进行了三项实验.
- 参与者观察了从不透明的盒子中抽出的彩色球,并预测了新的球颜色.
- 这项研究基于不同程度的颜色均性和变异性对比了性能.
主要成果:
- 年轻的学龄前儿童 (大约40个月) 根据颜色变化 (多种与均颜色) 来推断盒子内容.
- 年龄较大的学龄前儿童 (大约55个月) 表现出与成人类似的预测,变化差异较为微妙 (低与高).
- 这表明,二次推理的复杂性在发育过程中的进展.
结论:
- 幼儿园儿童利用关于变化的抽象推断来做出预测.
- 复杂的二次推理能力在整个幼儿时期都在发展.
- 这项研究揭示了儿童抽象推理的发展.
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