The development of young children's "Don't Know" response in emotion understanding: Focusing on facial expression and conversation

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H06820
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: University of Toyama
• Principal Investigator: KONDO Tatsuaki 富山大学, 人間発達科学部, 講師 (50780970)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 感情理解 / 幼児期 / 「わからない」反応

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated preschooler’s “Don’t Know” response in understanding emotion of others, focusing on inferencing from the situation, inferencing from facial expression, and daily conversation.In relation to “situation”, “Don’t Know” response occurred from 5 years old. In relation to “facial expression”, “Don’t Know” response rarely occurred. In relation to “conversation”, the partner(s) whom children interacted were changed by seasons and developmental stage.These findings suggests that the developmental process of recognition “I don’t know about emotion of other(s)” varies among the cues for inferencing the emotion.

Free Research Field

発達心理学