Children Use Salience to Solve Coordination Problems

Autor/inn/en	Grueneisen, Sebastian; Wyman, Emily; Tomasello, Michael
Titel	Children Use Salience to Solve Coordination Problems
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 18 (2015) 3, S.495-501 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/desc.12224
Schlagwörter	Cues; Young Children; Pictorial Stimuli; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Rewards; Decision Making; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Frühe Kindheit; Fantasieanregung; Reward; Belohnung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Humans are routinely required to coordinate with others. When communication is not possible, adults often achieve this by using salient cues in the environment (e.g. going to the Eiffel Tower, as an obvious meeting point). To explore the development of this capacity, we presented dyads of 3-, 5-, and 8-year-olds (N = 144) with a coordination problem: Two balls had to be inserted into the same of four boxes to obtain a reward. Identical pictures were attached to three boxes whereas a unique--and thus salient--picture was attached to the fourth. Children either received one ball each, and so had to choose the same box (experimental condition), or they received both balls and could get the reward independently (control condition). In all cases, children could neither communicate nor see each other's choices. Children were significantly more likely to choose the salient option in the experimental condition than in the control condition. However, only the two older age groups chose the salient box above chance levels. This study is the first to show that children from at least age 5 can solve coordination problems by converging on a salient solution. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01