The development of young children's peer relationship in terms of cultural transmission: An experimental approach

• Project/Area Number: 15K13131
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: KINOSHITA Takashi 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 教授 (10221920)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 文化伝達 / 幼児期 / 模倣学習 / 教示 / 幼児 / overimitation / 過剰模倣 / 教示行為

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to develop the experimental method to investigate the process of cultural transmission in young children. First, we assumed young children’s imitative learning as the ability underpinning cultural transmission and analyzed the factors influencing imitative learning. Focusing the phenomenon, known as “over-imitation”, we explored what kind of action young children were more likely to imitate and discuss the key factors promoting cultural transmission. Second, we observed the transmission process of some knowledge within a children’s group and discuss the indexes of cultural transmission in children.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 未来の出来事の生起可能性に関する幼児の認識：先行経験の影響に着目して (2017)
  • Author(s): 吉田真理子・木下孝司
  • Journal Title: 人間発達研究所紀要 Volume: 30 Pages: 2-14
  • NAID: 40021328189
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 「1歳半の節」に関する発達心理学的検討 (2016)
  • Author(s): 木下孝司
  • Journal Title: 障害者問題研究 Volume: 44 Pages: 10-17
• [Journal Article] 幼児期における教示行為の発達：学習者の熟達を意図した教え方に注目して (2015)
  • Author(s): 木下孝司
  • Journal Title: 発達心理学研究 Volume: 26 Pages: 248-257
  • NAID: 130006086734
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 幼児の模倣学習と教示における行為タイプの影響 (2017)
  • Author(s): 木下孝司
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第81回大会
• [Presentation] 幼児期における文化伝達の発達─研究方法に関する予備的検討 (2016)
  • Author(s): 木下孝司
  • Organizer: 日本教育心理学会第58回総会
  • Place of Presentation: かがわ国際会議場（香川県・高松市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-08
• [Presentation] Longitudinal study on the development of Origami (paper- folding) teaching in young children. (2016)
  • Author(s): Kinoshita,T.
  • Organizer: International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development 24nd Biennial Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Radisson BLU Hotel (Vilnius, Lithuania)
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-10
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 臨床発達心理学の基礎 (2017)
  • Author(s): 臨床発達心理士認定運営機構、山崎 晃、藤崎春代
  • Total Pages: 292
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
  • ISBN: 4623080706
• [Book] 実践、楽しんでますか? (2017)
  • Author(s): 全国障害者問題研究会兵庫支部、木下孝司
  • Total Pages: 217
  • Publisher: クリエイツかもがわ
  • ISBN: 4863422180
• [Book] 新・発達心理学ハンドブック (2016)
  • Author(s): 田島信元・岩立志津夫・長崎勤・木下孝司他
  • Total Pages: 1004
  • Publisher: 福村出版
• [Book] 子安増生編「心の理論」から学ぶ発達の基礎 (2016)
  • Author(s): 木下孝司
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
• [Book] 子安増生・郷式徹編 心の理論：第2世代の研究へ (2016)
  • Author(s): 木下孝司
  • Publisher: 新曜社