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Autor/inn/en | Nicolopoulou, Ageliki; Richner, Elizabeth S. |
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Titel | From Actors to Agents to Persons: The Development of Character Representation in Young Children's Narratives |
Quelle | In: Child Development, 78 (2007) 2, S.412-429 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0009-3920 |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01006.x |
Schlagwörter | Social Cognition; Preschool Curriculum; Cognitive Development; Preschool Children; Developmental Stages; Gender Differences; Story Telling; Literary Devices |
Abstract | This study addressed a puzzling discrepancy in existing research about when children achieve and manifest a mentalistic conception of the person. Narrative research suggests that children do not represent characters as mental agents until middle childhood, whereas social cognition research places this understanding at around 4 years. Using a theoretically informed typology, 617 stories were analyzed composed by 30 children participating in a storytelling and story-acting practice integrated into their preschool curriculum. Results indicated that children's representation of characters shifted from almost exclusively physical and external portrayals of "actors" at 3 to increasing inclusion of "agents" with rudimentary mental states at 4 and of "persons" with mental representational capacities by 5. The developmental trajectories of boys and girls differed somewhat. (Author). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |