欺骗对中国儿童误信念理解的影响

The Effect of Deception on Children’s understanding of false belief

以56名幼儿为研究对象,考察不同文化背景下欺骗对儿童误信念理解的影响。Sullivan和Winner的研究表明:欺骗情境能促进年幼儿童对心理的理解;儿童对不知与误信念的理解没有显著差异。研究验证了第二个结论,但没发现欺骗情境下儿童的成绩有明显提高,反而在标准情境下中国儿童的成绩均优于美国儿童,这可能是由于文化和教育上的差异造成的。

This study examined the effect of deception on children＇s understanding of false belief under different cultural background. Sullivan and Winner＇s research showed that Trick Condition can facilitate young children＇s understanding of mind, and there were no significant age differences in children＇s ability to attribute ignorance and false belief. Although we replicate their second findings, we fail to find Trick Condition helps children. It is probably the cultural differences that caused this discrepancy.