Body and soul: Do children distinguish between foods when generalizing biological and psychological properties?
| Autor: | Simone P. Nguyen, Jean-Pierre Thibaut, Gregory L. Murphy |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire d'Etude de l'Apprentissage et du Développement [Dijon] ( LEAD ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Department of Psychology [University North Carolina Wilmington], University of North Carolina [Wilmington], NYU Department of Psychology [New-York University], New York University [New York], Laboratoire d'Etude de l'Apprentissage et du Développement [Dijon] (LEAD), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bourgogne (UB), University of North Carolina [Wilmington] (UNC), University of North Carolina System (UNC)-University of North Carolina System (UNC), New York University [New York] (NYU), NYU System (NYU)-NYU System (NYU) |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Food representation
Property (philosophy) Generalization [ SDV.AEN ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition media_common.quotation_subject [SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology 050105 experimental psychology Induction Conceptual development Education Task (project management) Developmental psychology [ SHS.PSY ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology Biological property Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Children media_common Knowledge level 05 social sciences Preference Task analysis Soul Psychology [SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Early Education and Development Early Education and Development, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2016, 27 (8), pp.1250-1262. 〈10.1080/10409289.2016.1146551〉 Early Education and Development, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2016, 27 (8), pp.1250-1262. ⟨10.1080/10409289.2016.1146551⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1556-6935 1040-9289 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10409289.2016.1146551 |
| Popis: | International audience; 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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