Mind-Culture Interactions: How Writing Molds Mental Fluidity in Early Development

Autor/inn/en	Kazi, Smaragda; Demetriou, Andreas; Spanoudis, George; Zhang, Xiang Kui; Wang, Yuan
Titel	Mind-Culture Interactions: How Writing Molds Mental Fluidity in Early Development
Quelle	In: Intelligence, 40 (2012) 6, S.622-637 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0160-2896
DOI	10.1016/j.intell.2012.07.001
Schlagwörter	Ethnic Groups; Romanization; Chinese; Intellectual Development; Orthographic Symbols; Structural Equation Models; Short Term Memory; Metacognition; Task Analysis; Written Language; Latin; Semitic Languages; Reading Processes; Comparative Analysis; Verbal Ability; Spatial Ability; Problem Solving; Greek; Visual Perception; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Child Development; Children; Young Children; China; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnie; China; Chinesen; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Aufgabenanalyse; Geschriebene Sprache; Latein; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Leseprozess; Mündliche Leistung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Problemlösen; Grieche; Griechisch; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Kindesentwicklung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Frühe Kindheit; Griechenland
Abstract	This study investigated intellectual development in 4-7 years old Greek and Chinese children. They were examined on speeded performance, working memory, reasoning, and self-awareness tasks in order to investigate possible effects of learning the Chinese logographic system on possible differences in intellectual development between these ethnic groups. Speeded performance was examined with commonly familiar objects and tasks related to reading (i.e., Latin, Arabic, and Chinese characters). Chinese outperformed Greeks in (1) reading-related processing efficiency tasks but not in common objects (2) spatial but not verbal WM, (3) cognitive, and (4) the self-awareness tasks. Structural equation modeling showed that performance is organized in four systems (i.e., domain-specific problem solving, representational capacity, inference, and consciousness) integrated by g, in both ethnic groups. There were differences between the two ethnicities in the strength of relations between constructs, attributed to Chinese logographic experience. That is, the massive practice in visuo/spatial processing and memory seemed to provide an advantage in the communication between systems of the mind causing increased general cognitive fluidity, expressed in higher intellectual performance among the Chinese. (Contains 3 tables and 7 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10