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Body and Soul: Do Children Distinguish between Foods When Generalizing Biological and Psychological Properties?

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العنوان: Body and Soul: Do Children Distinguish between Foods When Generalizing Biological and Psychological Properties?
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Thibaut, Jean-Pierre (ORCID 0000-0002-3645-6742), Nguyen, Simone P., Murphy, Gregory L.
المصدر: Early Education and Development. 2016 27(8):1250-1262.
الإتاحة: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journalsTest
تمت مراجعته من قبل الزملاء: Y
Page Count: 13
تاريخ النشر: 2016
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Grade 1
Primary Education
Early Childhood Education
Kindergarten
Grade 3
الواصفات: Food, Correlation, Nutrition Instruction, Biology, Taxonomy, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Psychology, Generalization, Children, Task Analysis, Preferences, Decision Making, Knowledge Level, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Grade 3
مصطلحات جغرافية: France
DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2016.1146551
تدمد: 1040-9289
مستخلص: Research Findings: In 2 experiments, we tested whether children generalize psychological and biological properties to novel foods. We used an induction task in which a property (either biological or psychological) was associated with a target food. Children were then asked whether a taxonomically related and a script-related food would also have the property. In a yes/no task (Experiment 1) 9-year-olds preferentially generalized the property to taxonomically related foods, but 4- and 6-year-olds did not. In a forced-choice task (Experiment 2; 4- to 6-year-olds), children preferred the taxonomic choice over the script choice. This preference was weak at age 4 but established by age 5. In both experiments, and all age groups, biological properties, and psychological properties were treated similarly. It is argued that the children do not distinguish biological and psychological properties of food most likely because they believe that psychological properties are caused by biological dispositions. Practice or Policy: We argue that nutrition education should take advantage of children's existing knowledge of food categories and how children generalize knowledge from 1 food to another. In particular, children have good knowledge of taxonomic categories and can best access that knowledge when they are required to compare different foods.
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 32
Entry Date: 2016
رقم الانضمام: EJ1116153
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC
الوصف
تدمد:1040-9289
DOI:10.1080/10409289.2016.1146551