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The development of the "I don't know" response in early childhood emotion understanding: Relationship to the process of self-emotion understanding.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K13292
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
Research InstitutionUniversity of Toyama

Principal Investigator

KONDO Tatsuaki  富山大学, 学術研究部教育学系, 講師 (50780970)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords幼児期 / 「わからない」反応 / 感情理解 / 自己 / 他者 / 幼児 / 自己理解
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we found two major findings.
(1) We clarified the reality of the "I don't know (DK)" response exhibited by young children (3-6 years old) and the cognitive mechanisms behind these age-related changes. In particular, it was suggested that the DK response declines with increasing age and that the "guessing" mechanism is behind this decline.
(2) We clarified differences in the frequency of the DK responses and their underlying subjective meanings in the emotional inference of self and others in adulthood (roughly around age 20). It was suggested that the response "I don't know other people's feelings" arises because of the cognitive distinction between self and others, and that the meaning of the DK response in self is different from that of the DK response in others.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、(1)幼児期において認知メカニズムが発達するからこそ「わからない」反応をしなくなるというプロセスが存在している可能性があること、(2)「他者のことはわからない」ことは高次の認知プロセスが介在している可能性があること、を示唆している点に学術的意義を見いだせる。(1)に関しては、ある行動の生起頻度の低下に発達的変化を見いだすという認知発達領域でのインパクトが、(2)に関しては、他者感情を「わかる」ことを軸に検討されてきた「共感」や「心の理解」研究領域でのインパクトが、それぞれ見出せると言える。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Why Do Young Children Not Answer “I Don’t Know”?<i> </i>Question Format, Explanations, and Confirmation of Their Answers2022

    • Author(s)
      KONDO Tatsuaki(近藤龍彰)
    • Journal Title

      The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

      Volume: 70 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-18

    • DOI

      10.5926/jjep.70.1

    • ISSN
      0021-5015, 2186-3075
    • Year and Date
      2022-03-30
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] “Don’t Know” responses in young adults’ inferences about the emotions of self and others in equivocal versus unequivocal emotional situations2019

    • Author(s)
      KONDO Tatsuaki & SHIRAI Mariko
    • Journal Title

      富山大学人間発達科学部紀要 = Memoirs of the Faculty of Human Development University of Toyama

      Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-10

    • DOI

      10.15099/00019730

    • NAID

      120006765827

    • URL

      https://toyama.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/17286

    • Year and Date
      2019-10-25
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] 他者感情理解における「わからない」反応の認知プロセス:反応潜時、脳波、理由付け2021

    • Author(s)
      近藤龍彰・白井真理子
    • Organizer
      日本発達心理学会第32回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 幼児期における「わからないと言わない」発達的変化‐クローズド質問とオープン質問の比較‐2020

    • Author(s)
      近藤龍彰
    • Organizer
      第31回日本発達心理学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] "Don't know" responses in young adult's inferences about the emotions of self and others2019

    • Author(s)
      KONDO Tatsuaki & SHIRAI Mariko
    • Organizer
      Cognitive Psychology Section & Developmental Psychology Section Joint Conference 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 成人は「他者の感情はわからない」ことがわかるのか?:自己-他者感情理解の比較を通して2019

    • Author(s)
      近藤龍彰・白井真理子
    • Organizer
      日本発達心理学会第30回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The decreasing process of "don't know"response in young children2018

    • Author(s)
      KONDO Tatsuaki
    • Organizer
      The British Psychology Society Developmental Section Annual Conference 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 糸井尚子, 上淵寿(編) 教育心理学 教師のための教育学シリーズ5 (担当箇所「社会性の発達」)2020

    • Author(s)
      近藤龍彰
    • Publisher
      学文社
    • ISBN
      9784762026157
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 下山晴彦・佐藤隆夫・本郷一夫(監修), 林創(編著) 発達心理学 公認心理師スタンダードテキストシリーズ12 (担当箇所「自己と感情の発達」)2019

    • Author(s)
      近藤龍彰
    • Publisher
      ミネルヴァ書房
    • ISBN
      9784623086221
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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