Development of preschoolers' abilities to communicate with others using questions

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780417
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Otemon Gakuin University (2015-2017); Kobe University (2014)
• Principal Investigator: OKANDA Mako 追手門学院大学, 心理学部, 准教授 (90725996)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 肯定バイアス / コミュニケーション / 言語発達

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated whether preschoolers exhibit a yes or nay-saying bias to yes-no questions. Japanese and Hungarian 2- and 3-year-olds exhibited a yes bias to various questions, whereas older preschoolers exhibit a yes or nay-saying bias depending on questions or questioners. Moreover, Japanese and Hungarian older preschoolers said "I don't know" when they did not know answers of the questions: this tendency was different from that of English-speaking children.

Free Research Field

発達心理学