The Nonobvious Basis of Ownership: Preschool Children Trace the History and Value of Owned Objects

Autor/inn/en	Gelman, Susan A.; Manczak, Erika M.; Noles, Nicholaus S.
Titel	The Nonobvious Basis of Ownership: Preschool Children Trace the History and Value of Owned Objects
Quelle	In: Child Development, 83 (2012) 5, S.1732-1747 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01806.x
Schlagwörter	Infants; Ownership; Toys; Preschool Children; Cues; Researchers; Child Development; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Eigentum; Toy; Spielzeug; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Stichwort; Researcher; Forscher; Kindesentwicklung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	For adults, ownership is nonobvious: (a) determining ownership depends more on an object's history than on perceptual cues, and (b) ownership confers special value on an object ("endowment effect"). This study examined these concepts in preschoolers (2.0-4.4) and adults (n = 112). Participants saw toy sets in which 1 toy was designated as the participant's and 1 as the researcher's. Toys were then scrambled and participants were asked to identify their toy and the researcher's toy. By 3 years of age, participants used object history to determine ownership and identified even undesirable toys as their own. Furthermore, participants at all ages showed an endowment effect (greater liking of items designated as their own). Thus, even 2-year-olds appreciate the nonobvious basis of ownership. (Contains 5 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10