Young Children's Affective Decision-Making in a Gambling Task: Does Difficulty in Learning the Gain/Loss Schedule Matter?

Autor/inn/en	Gao, Shan; Wei, Yonggang; Bai, Junjie; Lin, Chongde; Li, Hong
Titel	Young Children's Affective Decision-Making in a Gambling Task: Does Difficulty in Learning the Gain/Loss Schedule Matter?
Quelle	In: Cognitive Development, 24 (2009) 2, S.183-191 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2014
DOI	10.1016/j.cogdev.2008.07.006
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Older Adults; Cognitive Development; Task Analysis; Decision Making Skills; Chinese; Age Differences; Experiments; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Älterer Erwachsener; Kognitive Entwicklung; Aufgabenanalyse; China; Chinesen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Erprobung
Abstract	This research investigated the development of affective decision-making (ADM) during early childhood, in particular role of difficulty in learning a gain/loss schedule. In Experiment 1, we administrated the Children's Gambling Task (CGT) to 60 Chinese children aged 3 and 4, replicating the results obtained by Kerr and Zelazo [Kerr, A., & Zelazo, P. D. (2004). "Development of 'hot' executive function: The Children's Gambling Task." "Brain and Cognition, 55," 148-157]. In Experiment 2, the CGT was modified to make it easier for young children to learn the gain/loss schedule by increasing delayed loss frequency and magnitude in the disadvantageous deck, and a larger sample (181 children aged 3-5) was assessed. Age-differences between 3- and 4-year-olds, rather than 4- and 5-year-olds, showed that ADM develops rapidly between 3 and 4 years. The reduction of the difficulty in learning the gain/loss schedule provides the basis for an account of the development of young children's AMD. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10