دورية أكاديمية
Essentialist Reasoning and Knowledge Effects on Biological Reasoning in Young Children
| العنوان: | Essentialist Reasoning and Knowledge Effects on Biological Reasoning in Young Children |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Herrmann, Patricia A., French, Jason A., DeHart, Ganie B., Rosengren, Karl S. |
| المصدر: | Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology. Apr 2013 59(2):198-220. |
| الإتاحة: | Wayne State University Press. The Leonard N. Simons Building, 4809 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201-1309. Tel: 800-978-7323; Fax: 313-577-6131; Web site: http://wsupress.wayne.edu/journals/merrill/merrillj.htmlTest |
| تمت مراجعته من قبل الزملاء: | Y |
| Page Count: | 23 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2013 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Grade 1 Preschool Education Primary Education |
| الواصفات: | Logical Thinking, Knowledge Level, Age Differences, Biology, Evolution, Change, Scientific Concepts, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Child Development, Pretests Posttests |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | New York |
| تدمد: | 0272-930X |
| مستخلص: | Biological kinds undergo a variety of changes during their life span, and these changes vary in degree by organism. Understanding that an organism, such as a caterpillar, maintains category identity over its life span despite dramatic changes is a key concept in biological reasoning. At present, we know little about the developmental trajectory of children's understanding of dramatic life-cycle changes and how this might relate to their understanding of evolution. We suggest that this understanding is a key precursor to later understanding of evolutionary change. Two studies examined the impact of age and knowledge on children's biological reasoning about living kinds that undergo a range of natural life-span changes--from subtle to dramatic. The participants, who were 3, 4, and 7 years old, were shown paired pictures of juvenile and adult animals and asked to endorse biological or nonbiological causal mechanisms to account for life-span change. Additionally, reasoning of 3- and 4-year-old participants was compared before and after exposure to caterpillars transforming into butterflies. The results are framed in terms of a developmental trajectory in essentialist reasoning, a cognitive bias that has been associated with difficulties in understanding and accepting evolution. (Contains 1 table, 3 figures, and 1 footnote.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 48 |
| Entry Date: | 2013 |
| الوصول الحر: | http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/mpq/vol59/iss2/5Test/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | EJ1004006 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 0272-930X |
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