Children's use of the discounting principle
A perceptual approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6200028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Saul M Kassin (0000-0002-0495-8377, Purdue University West Lafayette), Charles A Lowe, Frederick X Gibbons (0000-0003-1205-1481) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 719-728 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.39.4.719 |
| PMID | 7431209 |
| OpenAlex | W4236570623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 9 |
The present study introduced a perceptual analogue technique in a developmental investigation of the discounting principle. Subjects watched animated films depicting the simultaneous movements of two triangles toward a goal--one that was pushed by an external object (facilitative cause present) and one that was not (faciliatative cause absent). Although college students understood the discounting principle (i.e., they perceived that the nonfacilitated triangle was more intrinsically motivated than the facilitated object), kindergarteners, second graders, and fourth graders surprisingly did not. However, because many children (mis) interpreted the "push" as an aversive stimulus, a second experiment illustrated a sequence in which one of two triangles was "carried" toward a goal. For this version, subjects in Grades 2, 4, and 6, and in college all made the discounting-consistent choice, and kindergarteners tended to do the same (p < .15). Age differences thus emerged only in subjects' ability to explain their responses. From these results, the development of the multiple sufficient cause schema is discussed, and methodological implications of the animated film technique are noted
Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Discounting · Object (grammar) · Perception · Schema (genetic algorithms) · Social perception · Stimulus (psychology) · Artificial Intelligence · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Child and Animal Learning Development · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2014 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |