Karen Wynn
Biographic Data
| ID | 1464110 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Wynn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Wynn |
| SIGNATURE | WYNN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8908-6258 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Do Children and Adults Take Social Relationship Into Account When Evaluating People’s Actions
Two studies examined whether children (5- and 6-year-olds; 8- and 9-year-olds, n = 214) and adults (n = 72) consider social relationship when evaluating unhelpful or helpful actions. Participants learned about a person-in-need who was (or was not) helped by someone they knew (a friend) and someone they did not know (a stranger). Older children and adults judged an unhelpful friend as meaner than an unhelpful stranger, and judged a helpful strange…
Can I eat that too? 18-month-olds generalize social information about edibility to similar looking plants
How infants and toddlers react to antisocial others
Although adults generally prefer helpful behaviors and those who perform them, there are situations (in particular, when the target of an action is disliked) in which overt antisocial acts are seen as appropriate, and those who perform them are viewed positively. The current studies explore the developmental origins of this capacity for selective social evaluation. We find that although 5-mo-old infants uniformly prefer individuals who act positi…
Young infants prefer prosocial to antisocial others
Three‐month‐olds show a negativity bias in their social evaluations
Previous research has shown that 6‐month‐olds evaluate others on the basis of their social behaviors – they are attracted to prosocial individuals, and avoid antisocial individuals ( Hamlin, Wynn & Bloom, 2007 ). The current studies investigate these capacities prior to 6 months of age. Results from two experiments indicate that even 3‐month‐old infants evaluate others based on their social behavior towards third parties, and that negative social…
Eight‐Month‐Old Infants Infer Unfulfilled Goals, Despite Ambiguous Physical Evidence
In this study, we tested whether 8‐month‐old infants could infer an actor's unfulfilled goal, despite some physical information present in the displays being inconsistent with the attempted goal. Infants saw a human hand holding a ring repeatedly approach the top of a plastic cone in an apparent failed attempt to place the ring on the cone. The hand and ring then bounced away from the top of the cone toward the floor. Thus, some information prese…
Constraints on natural altruism
This article is a commentary on 'The roots of human altruism' (Warneken & Tomasello, 2009
Social evaluation by preverbal infants
Language, Logic, and Concepts
This wide-ranging collection of essays is inspired by the memory of the cognitive psychologist John Macnamara, whose influential contributions to language and concept acquisition have provided the basis for numerous research programs. The areas covered by the essays include the foundations of language and thought, congnitive and linguistic development, and mathematical approaches to cognition. Bradford Books imprint
Linguistic cues in the acquisition of number words
Previous research has shown that children go through a stage in which they know that the number words each refer to a distinct numerosity, yet do not know WHICH numerosity each number word picks out (Wynn, 1992). How do children attain this level of knowledge? We explore the possibility that particular properties of how number words are used within sentences inform children of the semantic class to which they belong. An analysis of transcripts of…
Addition and subtraction by human infants
Children's acquisition of the number words and the counting system
Children's understanding of counting
Can I eat that too? 18-month-olds generalize social information about edibility to similar looking plants
Constraints on natural altruism
This article is a commentary on 'The roots of human altruism' (Warneken & Tomasello, 2009
Children's understanding of counting
Addition and subtraction by human infants
Children's acquisition of the number words and the counting system
Linguistic cues in the acquisition of number words
Previous research has shown that children go through a stage in which they know that the number words each refer to a distinct numerosity, yet do not know WHICH numerosity each number word picks out (Wynn, 1992). How do children attain this level of knowledge? We explore the possibility that particular properties of how number words are used within sentences inform children of the semantic class to which they belong. An analysis of transcripts of…
Language, Logic, and Concepts
This wide-ranging collection of essays is inspired by the memory of the cognitive psychologist John Macnamara, whose influential contributions to language and concept acquisition have provided the basis for numerous research programs. The areas covered by the essays include the foundations of language and thought, congnitive and linguistic development, and mathematical approaches to cognition. Bradford Books imprint
Social evaluation by preverbal infants
Eight‐Month‐Old Infants Infer Unfulfilled Goals, Despite Ambiguous Physical Evidence
In this study, we tested whether 8‐month‐old infants could infer an actor's unfulfilled goal, despite some physical information present in the displays being inconsistent with the attempted goal. Infants saw a human hand holding a ring repeatedly approach the top of a plastic cone in an apparent failed attempt to place the ring on the cone. The hand and ring then bounced away from the top of the cone toward the floor. Thus, some information prese…
Constraints on natural altruism
This article is a commentary on 'The roots of human altruism' (Warneken & Tomasello, 2009
Three‐month‐olds show a negativity bias in their social evaluations
Previous research has shown that 6‐month‐olds evaluate others on the basis of their social behaviors – they are attracted to prosocial individuals, and avoid antisocial individuals ( Hamlin, Wynn & Bloom, 2007 ). The current studies investigate these capacities prior to 6 months of age. Results from two experiments indicate that even 3‐month‐old infants evaluate others based on their social behavior towards third parties, and that negative social…
How infants and toddlers react to antisocial others
Although adults generally prefer helpful behaviors and those who perform them, there are situations (in particular, when the target of an action is disliked) in which overt antisocial acts are seen as appropriate, and those who perform them are viewed positively. The current studies explore the developmental origins of this capacity for selective social evaluation. We find that although 5-mo-old infants uniformly prefer individuals who act positi…
Young infants prefer prosocial to antisocial others
Can I eat that too? 18-month-olds generalize social information about edibility to similar looking plants
Do Children and Adults Take Social Relationship Into Account When Evaluating People’s Actions
Two studies examined whether children (5- and 6-year-olds; 8- and 9-year-olds, n = 214) and adults (n = 72) consider social relationship when evaluating unhelpful or helpful actions. Participants learned about a person-in-need who was (or was not) helped by someone they knew (a friend) and someone they did not know (a stranger). Older children and adults judged an unhelpful friend as meaner than an unhelpful stranger, and judged a helpful strange…
Psychology (13 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (10 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Cognition (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (4 works)