Developmental psychological study about mindreading related to social cognition

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K03065
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Hayashi Hajimu 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 教授 (80437178)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 社会性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the present study was to clarify the development about mindreading related to social cognition. The results of the study revealed that, as children get older, they prefer equal distribution to selfish distribution, as in previous studies, but they tend to dislike situations in which they are different from others, regardless of whether their own distribution is more or less than others in both the distribution of benefits and of disadvantages.

Free Research Field

発達心理学，教育心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

社会性の発達は，身近なことで，とくに分配にかかわることは，道徳性の発達とも密接に関係するため，教育的に関心の高いテーマである。本研究の知見により，初等教育で見逃しやすい点を示唆することができ，教育実践現場での指導がより有益なものとなることが見込まれることから，研究の社会的な意義につながると考えられる。