Is the bias for function-based explanations culturally universal? Children from China endorse teleological explanations of natural phenomena | |
Schachner, Adena1; Zhu, Liqi2; Li, Jing2; Kelemen, Deborah3; A. Schachner | |
第一作者 | Schachner, Adena |
通讯作者邮箱 | schachner@ucsd.edu |
心理所单位排序 | 2 |
摘要 | Young children in Western cultures tend to endorse teleological (function-based) explanations broadly across many domains, even when scientifically unwarranted. For instance, in contrast to Western adults, they explicitly endorse the idea that mountains were created for climbing, just like hats were created for warmth. Is this bias a product of culture or a product of universal aspects of human cognition? In two studies, we explored whether adults and children in Mainland China, a highly secular, non-Western culture, show a bias for teleological explanations. When explaining both object properties (Experiment 1) and origins (Experiment 2), we found evidence that they do. Whereas Chinese adults restricted teleological explanations to scientifically warranted cases, Chinese children endorsed them more broadly, extending them across different kinds of natural phenomena. This bias decreased with rising grade level across first, second, and fourth grades. Overall, these data provide evidence that children's bias for teleological explanations is not solely a product of Western Abrahamic cultures. Instead, it extends to other cultures, including the East Asian secular culture of modern-day China This suggests that the bias for function-based explanations may be driven by universal aspects of human cognition. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
关键词 | Cognitive development Cross-cultural Teleology Religion Relational reasoning Explanation |
2017-05-01 | |
语种 | 英语 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jecp.2016.12.006 |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY |
ISSN | 0022-0965 |
卷号 | 157期号:0页码:29-48 |
期刊论文类型 | Article |
URL | 查看原文 |
收录类别 | SSCI |
WOS关键词 | COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENT ; FOLK RELIGION ; INFANTS ; DESIGN ; ADULTS ; WORLD ; PREFERENCE ; ARTIFACTS ; BELIEFS ; SCIENCE |
WOS标题词 | Social Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Psychology |
WOS类目 | Psychology, Developmental ; Psychology, Experimental |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000394628100003 |
资助机构 | Templeton World Charity Foundation(TTWCFF0020-WP1) ; National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development(5F32HD075570) |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/21301 |
专题 | 认知与发展心理学研究室 |
通讯作者 | A. Schachner |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Psychol, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Boston Univ, Dept Psychol & Brain Sci, Boston, MA 02215 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Schachner, Adena,Zhu, Liqi,Li, Jing,et al. Is the bias for function-based explanations culturally universal? Children from China endorse teleological explanations of natural phenomena[J]. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY,2017,157(0):29-48. |
APA | Schachner, Adena,Zhu, Liqi,Li, Jing,Kelemen, Deborah,&A. Schachner.(2017).Is the bias for function-based explanations culturally universal? Children from China endorse teleological explanations of natural phenomena.JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY,157(0),29-48. |
MLA | Schachner, Adena,et al."Is the bias for function-based explanations culturally universal? Children from China endorse teleological explanations of natural phenomena".JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 157.0(2017):29-48. |
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