A Developmental Perspective on Option Generation and Selection

Autor/inn/en	Musculus, Lisa; Ruggeri, Azzurra; Raab, Markus; Lobinger, Babett
Titel	A Developmental Perspective on Option Generation and Selection
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 55 (2019) 4, S.745-753 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000665
Schlagwörter	Children; Early Adolescents; Age Differences; Child Development; Team Sports; Cognitive Processes; Longitudinal Studies; Heuristics; Validity; Cognitive Development; Decision Making; Selection; Time; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kindesentwicklung; Mannschaftssport; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Heuristik; Gültigkeit; Kognitive Entwicklung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Auslese; Zeit; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	Little is known about how children generate options for taking action in familiar situations or how they select which action option to actually perform. In this article, we explore the interplay between option generation and selection from a developmental perspective using sports as a testbed. In a longitudinal design with four measurement waves, we asked 6- to 13-year-old children (N = 73) to generate and select action options in a soccer-related task. Children generated and selected options in accordance with the predictions of the take-the-first heuristic, which served as a theoretical starting point: They generated only a few options in decreasing order of validity (i.e., better options were generated earlier) and selected the first options they had generated. Older children selected the first option generated more often than younger children and generated options faster. Longitudinal effects revealed that both age groups generated fewer options and faster across waves. Time limitation fostered fewer and higher quality options being generated and selected. Overall, our results highlight the importance of considering the predecisional process of option generation to deepen our understanding of developmental changes in decision-strategy use. Future research directions and implications for children's real-life decision making are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01