The Effect of Symbolic Distancing on Delay Tolerance across the Preschool Period

Autor/inn/en	Pecora, Giulia; Bellagamba, Francesca; Chiarotti, Flavia; Paoletti, Melania; Castano, Maria Letizia; Addessi, Elsa
Titel	The Effect of Symbolic Distancing on Delay Tolerance across the Preschool Period
Quelle	In: Journal of Cognition and Development, 21 (2020) 1, S.92-103 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-8372
DOI	10.1080/15248372.2019.1693374
Schlagwörter	Delay of Gratification; Rewards; Food; Stimuli; Young Children; Preschool Children; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Visual Stimuli; Toys; Preschool Education; Symbolic Learning; Inhibition; Child Behavior; Italy (Rome) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reward; Belohnung; Lebensmittel; Anreizsystem; Frühe Kindheit; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Toy; Spielzeug; Symboldidaktik; Hemmung
Abstract	We aimed to longitudinally examine how symbolic distancing affects preschool children's delay tolerance in a delay choice task. We presented children with choices between a smaller immediate reward and a larger delayed reward in conditions with either symbolic stimuli or edible rewards. Overall, symbolic distancing modulated children's delay tolerance. In particular, whereas in the first phase (T1: 3- and 4-year-olds) children presented with edible rewards chose the larger option more often than children presented with symbolic stimuli, in the second phase (T2: 5- and 6-year-olds), there was no significant difference between children presented with symbolic stimuli and those presented with edible rewards. These results are discussed by examining how children's delay tolerance changes during the development and comparing children to adult humans in a similar task. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01