Roman Stengelin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5760746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roman Stengelin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roman |
| FAMILY NAME | Stengelin |
| SIGNATURE | STENGELIN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2212-4613 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cognitive change without linguistic change: The rise of egocentric frames of reference in the Hai||om
Human cultures differ in how they think about space: some primarily use egocentric frames of reference, thinking about space in relation to the body, while others privilege geocentric frames, thinking about space in relation to the environment. The origins of this cognitive diversity remain largely unknown. Here, we provide evidence suggesting an ongoing shift in spatial thinking-but not language-within a culture, providing insight into the origi…
Parenting culture: A multimethod perspective on parenting practices among the Nso, Cameroon
Parenting behaviors are studied through various qualitative and quantitative methods, including observations, interviews, and questionnaires, to identify both culturally specific and universal patterns of parents' interactions with their offspring. However, these methods have rarely been combined to systematically investigate methodological convergence and divergence in capturing parenting dynamics. The present study employs a mixed method approa…
Investigating the social functions of hurt feelings in middle childhood
Expressions of hurt feelings are assumed to serve an important social function: communicating that a transgression needs to be repaired. This message is accompanied by a threat to withdraw affection which may motivate the transgressing individual to repair-by increasing interpersonal distance and eliciting feelings of guilt. We investigated the development of this social function of hurt feelings expressed as sulking behavior in direct contrast t…
Social reward predicts false belief understanding in Namibian Hai||om children
Social motivation is theorized to promote Theory of Mind development in childhood, but research testing this link is scarce and largely limited to urban middle‐class milieus of the Global North. Here, we investigated the link between social motivation (i.e., social reward responsivity) and Theory of Mind (i.e., false belief understanding) among N = 59 Hai||om children ( Age Range = 2.3–8.0 years) from rural Namibia, an indigenous community where …
Testing Causal Effects of Empathy on Children’s Prosociality in Politeness Dilemmas - An Intervention Study
Empathy is commonly considered a driver of prosociality in child ontogeny, but causal assumptions regarding this effect mostly rely on correlational research designs. Here, 96 urban German children (5–8 years; 48 girls; predominantly White; from mid-to-high socioeconomic backgrounds) participated in an empathy intervention or a control condition before prosocial behaviors (polite lie-telling: rating the drawing as good; prosocial encouragement: u…
Simulating peers: Can puppets simulate peer interactions in studies on children's socio-cognitive development
Interactions with peers are fundamental to socio-cognitive development, but assessing peer interactions in standardized experiments is challenging. Therefore, researchers commonly utilize puppetry to simulate peers. This Registered Report investigated urban German children's (AgeRange = 3.5–4.5 years; N = 144; 76♀) mind ascriptions and social cognition to test whether they treat puppets like peers, adults, or neither. Children attributed less min…
Being observed increases overimitation in three diverse cultures
From a young age, children in Western, industrialized societies overimitate others' actions. However, the underlying motivation and cultural specificity of this behavior have remained unclear. Here, 3- to 8-year-old children (N = 125) from two rural Namibian populations (Hai||om and Ovambo) and one urban German population were tested in two versions of an overimitation paradigm. Across cultures, children selectively imitated more actions when the…
Being observed increases overimitation in three diverse cultures
From a young age, children in Western, industrialized societies overimitate others' actions. However, the underlying motivation and cultural specificity of this behavior have remained unclear. Here, 3- to 8-year-old children (N = 125) from two rural Namibian populations (Hai||om and Ovambo) and one urban German population were tested in two versions of an overimitation paradigm. Across cultures, children selectively imitated more actions when the…
Being observed increases overimitation in three diverse cultures
From a young age, children in Western, industrialized societies overimitate others' actions. However, the underlying motivation and cultural specificity of this behavior have remained unclear. Here, 3- to 8-year-old children (N = 125) from two rural Namibian populations (Hai||om and Ovambo) and one urban German population were tested in two versions of an overimitation paradigm. Across cultures, children selectively imitated more actions when the…
Testing Causal Effects of Empathy on Children’s Prosociality in Politeness Dilemmas - An Intervention Study
Empathy is commonly considered a driver of prosociality in child ontogeny, but causal assumptions regarding this effect mostly rely on correlational research designs. Here, 96 urban German children (5–8 years; 48 girls; predominantly White; from mid-to-high socioeconomic backgrounds) participated in an empathy intervention or a control condition before prosocial behaviors (polite lie-telling: rating the drawing as good; prosocial encouragement: u…
Simulating peers: Can puppets simulate peer interactions in studies on children's socio-cognitive development
Interactions with peers are fundamental to socio-cognitive development, but assessing peer interactions in standardized experiments is challenging. Therefore, researchers commonly utilize puppetry to simulate peers. This Registered Report investigated urban German children's (AgeRange = 3.5–4.5 years; N = 144; 76♀) mind ascriptions and social cognition to test whether they treat puppets like peers, adults, or neither. Children attributed less min…
Social reward predicts false belief understanding in Namibian Hai||om children
Social motivation is theorized to promote Theory of Mind development in childhood, but research testing this link is scarce and largely limited to urban middle‐class milieus of the Global North. Here, we investigated the link between social motivation (i.e., social reward responsivity) and Theory of Mind (i.e., false belief understanding) among N = 59 Hai||om children ( Age Range = 2.3–8.0 years) from rural Namibia, an indigenous community where …
Investigating the social functions of hurt feelings in middle childhood
Expressions of hurt feelings are assumed to serve an important social function: communicating that a transgression needs to be repaired. This message is accompanied by a threat to withdraw affection which may motivate the transgressing individual to repair-by increasing interpersonal distance and eliciting feelings of guilt. We investigated the development of this social function of hurt feelings expressed as sulking behavior in direct contrast t…
Cognitive change without linguistic change: The rise of egocentric frames of reference in the Hai||om
Human cultures differ in how they think about space: some primarily use egocentric frames of reference, thinking about space in relation to the body, while others privilege geocentric frames, thinking about space in relation to the environment. The origins of this cognitive diversity remain largely unknown. Here, we provide evidence suggesting an ongoing shift in spatial thinking-but not language-within a culture, providing insight into the origi…
Parenting culture: A multimethod perspective on parenting practices among the Nso, Cameroon
Parenting behaviors are studied through various qualitative and quantitative methods, including observations, interviews, and questionnaires, to identify both culturally specific and universal patterns of parents' interactions with their offspring. However, these methods have rarely been combined to systematically investigate methodological convergence and divergence in capturing parenting dynamics. The present study employs a mixed method approa…
Developmental psychology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · German (2 works) · Theory of mind (2 works) · Adolescent development (1 works)