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An Evolutionary Psychology Approach to the Development of Children's Strategies in 'Fights'

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13610162
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 教育・社会系心理学
Research InstitutionAOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

SAEKI Yutaka  College of Literature, Aoyama Gakuin University, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (60084448)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KOBAYASHI Toshiko  Department of Early Childhood Education, Odawara Women's Junior College, Associate Professor, 幼児教育学科, 助教授 (20331499)
GYOUBU Ikuko  Department of Media Architecture, Future University-Hakodate, Assistant Professor, システム情報科学部, 講師 (20306450)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2002
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2002)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Keywordsevolutionary psychology / Tit-for-Tat strategy / children's fight / pretended fight / three-year old children / four-year old children / theory of mind
Research Abstract

The present study takes an evolutionary psychology approach to the development of children's social skills for group activities. Especially, we focus on the development of children's strategies in "fights" (including, playful, or pretended, "rights"). It is a well-known fact that the strategy called "Tit-for-Tat" (TFT) is an Evolutionarily Stable Strategy (ESS), which leads to mutual cooperation in repeated Prisoner's Dilemma Games. In TFT strategy, the player takes non-cooperative action only if the opponent is non-cooperative. The hypothesis of the present study is that preschool (from 3-5 year old) children would have a innate tendency to adopt TFT-like strategies (variations of the strategy based upon TFT principle) in conflicting situations, such as "fights," including playful fights. We adopted following methods to examine the validity of the present hypothesis. (1) Participatory observations of children's playful activities in kindergartens or nursery schools, (2) Analysis of fa … More iry tales and old legends dealing with resolving conflicts or fights against enemies, to see whether or not the TFT-like strategies are taken as the "best" solution, and (3) Evolutionary Game Analysis by constructing a game-theoretic model for children's group activities in kindergarten. Results indicated that 4-yr old children could takes TFT-like strategies in conflicting situations, while 3-year old children could not take such a strategy. This result corresponds to the results of "Theory of Mind" experiments indicating that 3-yr old children would not understand other people's "mind." The analysis of fairy tales and legends indicated that the TFT-like strategies were frequently taken as the best solution in resolving conflicts against enemies. Game theoretic analysis indicated that the "leader" in group plays would be shaped up through the game-theoretic negotiations among children. Making a "leader" to follow was the most "adaptive" choice for "followers" and making "followers" to follow was also the most adaptive choice for a "leader" in a pay-off relations in children's plays. Less

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(3 results)
  • 2002 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
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All Publications (27 results)

  • [Publications] 佐伯 胖, 森平菜津子: "子どもの仲間づくりの進化ゲーム論的分析"佐伯胖・亀井達也(編)『進化ゲームとその展開』共立出版. 278-306 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 刑部 育子: "仲間と集団の中でかかわる"無藤隆・清水益治(編)『保育心理学』北大路書房. 28-33 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 刑部 育子: "ビデオデータを用いた保育場面のエスノメソドロジー的分析"野嶋栄一郎(編)『教育実践を記述する』金子書房. 101-114 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小林 紀子: "保育内容における遊びの意味"森上史朗ほか(編)『保育内容総論』ミネルヴァ書房. 71-104 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小林 紀子: "戦いごっこは子どもにとってどのような意味をもつか"小田原女子短期大学研究紀要. 32. 27-38 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小林 紀子: "最新研究-幼児期における身体知を探る"児童心理(臨時増刊号). 767. 136-145 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 佐伯 胖(代表): "子どもの「あらそい」に関する進化心理学的研究(報告書)"青山学院. 86 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kobayashi, T.: "Meanings of Pretended Fights for Children"Proceedings of Odawara Women's Junior College. Vol.32. 27-38 (2002)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kobayashi, T.: "Current Topic : Investigating Body-Knowledge in Early Childhood"Jido Shinri (Rinji Zokan). Vol.767. 136-145 (2002)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Saeki, Y., & Moridaira, N., Saeki, Y., & Kameda, T. (Eds.): "An Evolutionary Game Analysis for Children's Group-making Behavior"Shinka-Game to Sono Tenkai, Kyoritsu-Shuppan. 278-306

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Gyobu, I., Muto, T. & Shimizu, M. (Eds.): "Making Relations in Group and Friends"Hoiku Shinrigako, Kitaooji Shobo. 28-33 (2002)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Gyobu, I., Nojima, E. (Ed.): "Ethnomethodological analysis of Teaching Scenes using Video-data"Kyoiku-Jissen wo Kijutsu Suru, Kneko Shobo. 101-114 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kobayashi, T., Moriue, S et al. (Eds.): "Meanings of Play in Early Childhood Education"Hoiku Naiyo Soron, Minerva Shobo. 71-104 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Saeki, Y. (Ed.): "An Evolutionary Psychology Approach to the Development of Children's Strategies in 'Fights' (Report)"Aoyama Gakuin University. 86 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 佐伯 胖, 森平菜津子: "子どもの仲間づくりの進化ゲーム論的分析"佐伯胖, 亀田達也(編)『進化ゲームとその展開』(共立出版). 278-306 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 刑部 育子: "仲間と集団の中でかかわる"無藤隆, 清水益治(編)『保育心理学』(北大路書房). 28-33 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 刑部 育子: "ビデオデータを用いた保育場面のエスノメソドロジー的分析"野嶋栄一郎(編)『教育実践を記述する』(金子書房). 101-114 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小林 紀子, 木内 英美: "子どもの遊びにおける「争い方略」-ゲーム論的考察-"小田原女子短期大学研究紀要. 33(印刷中). (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小林 紀子: "戦いごっこは子どもにとってどのような意味をもつか"小田原女子短期大学研究紀要. 32. 27-38 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小林 紀子: "最新研究-幼児期における身体知を探る"児童心理(臨時増刊号). 767. 136-145 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 佐伯胖, 森平菜津子: "子どもの仲間づくりの進化ゲーム的分析"佐伯胖, 亀田達也編『進化ゲームとその展開』共立出版. (印刷中). (2002)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 佐伯 胖: "遊びと学びの「渾然一体」をとりもどす"幼稚園じほう. 29・11. 5-11 (2002)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 刑部 育子: "ビデオレターを用いた保育場面のエスノメソドロジー的分析"野嶋栄一郎『教育実践を記述する』金子書房. 101-114 (2002)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小林 紀子: "保育内容における遊びの意味"森上史朗, 大豆田啓友, 渡辺秀則編『保育内容総論』ミネルヴァ書房. 71-101 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小林 紀子: "保育の展開と幼児理解"高杉自子, 柴崎正行, 戸田雅美編『保育内容 言葉』ミネルヴァ書房. 115-140 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小林 紀子: "遊びの中で育つ子ども"幼稚園じほう. 29・11. 12-18 (2002)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 佐伯 胖: "幼児教育へのいざない"東京大学出版会. 212 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report

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