The influence of pre-existing knowledge on young children's counterfactual thinking
Project/Area Number |
15K17269
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Educational psychology
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Research Institution | Chiba University (2017) Shizuoka University (2015-2016) |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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Keywords | 幼児 / 反事実的思考 / 反実仮想 / 因果推論 / 認知発達 / 領域特殊 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Counterfactual thinking is “the ability to consider alternatives to what we know has happened.” Three studies examined the development of counterfactual thinking. The set of experiment results showed the following: a) the development of young children’s counterfactual thinking differently depending on the domain of events; b) young children’s counterfactual thinking was facilitated by the focusing other’s emotion; c) young children’s counterfactual thinking was related to gratitude understanding. These results provided new evidences on the development of young children’s counterfactual thinking.
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Report
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Research Products
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