Development of Beliefs about Storybook Reality

Autor/inn/en	Woolley, Jacqueline D.; Cox, Victoria
Titel	Development of Beliefs about Storybook Reality
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 10 (2007) 5, S.681-693 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00612.x
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Fiction; Story Reading; Beliefs; Preschool Children; Religion; Fantasy; Age Differences; Child Development; Developmental Stages; Developmental Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Fiktion; Belief; Glaube; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Fantasie; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kindesentwicklung; Entwicklungspsychologie
Abstract	The goal of this research was to assess children's beliefs about the reality status of storybook characters and events. In Experiment 1, 156 preschool age children heard realistic, fantastical, or religious stories, and their understanding of the reality status of the characters and events in the stories was assessed. Results revealed that 3-year-olds were more likely to judge characters as real than were 4- and 5-year-olds, but most children judged all characters as not real for all story types. Children of all ages who heard realistic stories made more claims that the events in the stories could happen in real life than did children who heard fantastical stories. Five-year-olds made significantly more claims that events in religious stories could happen in real life than did younger children. In Experiment 2, 136 4- and 5-year-olds heard similar stories. Results replicated those from Experiment 1, and also indicated a growing awareness of the basic nature of realistic fiction. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10