Young Children's Interest in Live Animals

Autor/inn/en	LoBue, Vanessa; Bloom Pickard, Megan; Sherman, Kathleen; Axford, Chrystal; DeLoache, Judy S.
Titel	Young Children's Interest in Live Animals
Quelle	In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 31 (2013) 1, S.57-69 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-510X
DOI	10.1111/j.2044-835X.2012.02078.x
Schlagwörter	Video Technology; Toddlers; Preschool Children; Toys; Animals; Comparative Analysis; Fear; Parents; Questionnaires; Interrater Reliability; Childhood Attitudes; Developmental Psychology; Play; Interaction; Child Behavior; Behavioral Science Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Toy; Spielzeug; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Furcht; Eltern; Fragebogen; Interrater-Reliabilität; Entwicklungspsychologie; Spiel; Interaktion
Abstract	Animals are important stimuli for humans, and for children in particular. In three experiments, we explored children's affinity for animals. In Experiment 1, 11- to 40-month-old children were presented with a free-play session in which they were encouraged to interact with several interesting toys and two live animals--a fish and a hamster. Experiment 2 used the same methodology with 18- to 36-month-old children and two additional animals--a snake and a spider--to examine whether children's behaviours would differ for benign and potentially threatening animals. Finally, in Experiment 3, a more controlled paired-preference paradigm was employed to assess 18- to 33-month-old children's interactions with three live animals--a fish, hamster, and gecko--versus three physically similar toy animals. Across all three experiments, children interacted with the animals more often than with the toys. Further, they behaved differently towards the animals than the toys, talking about the animals more than the toys and asking more questions about them. The parents of the children also spent more time interacting with the animals, directing their children's attention more towards the animals than the toys. This research supports the idea that humans have an affinity for animals that draws their attention to animals, even when attractive toys are present. (Contains 3 figures and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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