孩子们对可能性的判断与他们对现实的判断一致
Mopreet Pabla1, Andrew Shtulman2, Ori Friedman1
1Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
Developmental science
|October 23, 2025
概括
孩子们经常否认不可能或不道德的事件是可能的,研究表明这些否认反映了他们对现实的理解,而不仅仅是语言怪癖. 这表明小孩子对可能性判断的推理过程是一致的.
科学领域:
- 认知发展 认知发展
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 道德心理学道德心理学
背景情况:
- 孩子们经常否认不寻常或不道德事件的可能性,即使他们直接经历过类似的情况.
- 这些令人惊的可能性否认在儿童以前被归因于可能的误解如何可能的问题是措辞的.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童否认不道德和不可能发生事件的可能性是否源于真正的概念限制或语言文物.
- 检查这些否认是否延伸到对现实的判断,建议统一的推理过程.
主要方法:
- 在4-7岁的儿童中进行了两项实验 (总N=220).
- 实验1涉及儿童判断普通,不道德和不太可能的事件的可能性和真实性.
- 实验2评估了儿童对关于这些事件类型的断言真实性的判断.
主要成果:
- 孩子们始终认为普通事件是可能的和实际的.
- 孩子们经常否认不道德事件的可能性和现实.
- 儿童也主要否认概念上不可能发生的事件的可能性和现实.
- 否认可能性和现实判断的模式在两个实验中都是一致的.
结论:
- 儿童否认不道德和不可能发生的事件的可能性不仅仅是语言上的怪癖,而是反映了他们对现实的判断.
- 这些发现表明,儿童使用一致的推理过程来评估可能性和现实.
- 这项研究支持将儿童的可能性否认视为表面价值,表明更深层次的概念基础.
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