Preschoolers' Search for Explanatory Information within Adult-Child Conversation

Autor/inn/en	Frazier, Brandy N.; Gelman, Susan A.; Wellman, Henry M.
Titel	Preschoolers' Search for Explanatory Information within Adult-Child Conversation
Quelle	In: Child Development, 80 (2009) 6, S.1592-1611 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01356.x
Schlagwörter	Speech Communication; Child Language; Adults; Children; Preschool Children; Task Analysis; Communication Strategies; Educational Research; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Aufgabenanalyse; Kommunikationsstrategie; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	This research examined children's questions and the reactions to the answers they receive in conversations with adults. If children actively seek explanatory knowledge, they should react differently depending on whether they receive a causal explanation. Study 1 examined conversations following 6 preschoolers' (ages 2-4 years) causal questions in naturalistic situations (using the Child Language Data Exchange System [CHILDES] database). Children more often agreed and asked follow-up questions following adult explanations and, conversely, more often reasked their original question and provided their own explanation following nonexplanations. Study 2 replicated these patterns within an experimental task in 42 children ages 3-5 years. Children's reactions following explanatory versus nonexplanatory information confirm that young children are motivated to seek causal information actively and use specific conversational strategies to obtain it. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10