Differences in Response Bias Among Younger and Older Preschoolers
Investigating Japanese and Hungarian Preschoolers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7842967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mako Okanda (0000-0002-8014-7541, Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, corresponding author), Eszter Somogyi (0000-0002-3935-3933, Eötvös Loránd University), Shoji Itakura (0000-0003-1713-2002, Kyoto University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1325-1338 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022022112440145 |
| OpenAlex | W2107524868 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 22 |
Groups of children in Japan and Hungary aged 2 to 5 years were asked yes-no questions pertaining to familiar and unfamiliar objects by either strange adults or mothers. In Experiment 1, 3- to 5-year-old Japanese and Hungarian children were interviewed by strange adults, and 3-year-olds in both countries exhibited a yes bias for familiar objects. Japanese 3-year-olds exhibited a yes bias for unfamiliar objects as well. Japanese 4- and 5-year-olds exhibited a yes bias for familiar objects, whereas Hungarian 4- and 5-year-olds exhibited a nay-saying bias for unfamiliar objects. In Experiment 2, Hungarian 2-year-olds exhibited a yes bias for both familiar and unfamiliar objects when asked by strange adults. In Experiment 3, Japanese 3-year-olds exhibited a yes bias for both familiar and unfamiliar objects, whereas 4-year-olds did not exhibit it for familiar objects and exhibited a nay-saying bias for unfamiliar objects when they were asked by mothers. The results suggest that young preschoolers have a common mechanism for exhibiting a yes bias, but older preschoolers may have other reasons to exhibit response biases
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2020 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |