Planes, Trains, Automobiles--and Tea Sets: Extremely Intense Interests in Very Young Children

Autor/inn/en	DeLoache, Judy S.; Simcock, Gabrielle; Macari, Suzanne
Titel	Planes, Trains, Automobiles--and Tea Sets: Extremely Intense Interests in Very Young Children
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 43 (2007) 6, S.1579-1586 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Interests; Young Children; Gender Differences; Surveys; Interviews; Individual Differences; Developmental Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsinteresse; Frühe Kindheit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Individueller Unterschied; Entwicklungspsychologie
Abstract	Some normally developing young children show an intense, passionate interest in a particular category of objects or activities. The present article documents the existence of extremely intense interests that emerge very early in life and establishes some of the basic parameters of the phenomenon. Surveys and interviews with 177 parents revealed that nearly one third of young children have extremely intense interests. The nature of these intense interests is described, with particular focus on their emergence, commonalities in the content of the interests, and the reactions of other people to them. One of the most striking findings is a large gender difference: Extremely intense interests are much more common for young boys than for girls. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10