Understanding infants' and children's social learning about foods
Previous research and new prospects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9788114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristin Shutts (0000-0002-2323-805X, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Katherine D Kinzler (0000-0003-2940-508X, University of Chicago), Jasmine M DeJesus (0000-0002-0981-2481, University of Chicago) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 419-425 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0027551 |
| PMID | 22390670 |
| OpenAlex | W2038994519 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 40 |
Developmental psychologists have devoted significant attention to investigating how children learn from others' actions, emotions, and testimony. Yet most of this research has examined children's socially guided learning about artifacts. The present article focuses on a domain that has received limited attention from those interested in the development of social cognition: food. We begin by reviewing the available literature on infants' and children's development in the food domain and identify situations in which children evidence both successes and failures in their interactions with foods. We focus specifically on the role that other people play in guiding what children eat and argue that understanding patterns of successes and failures in the food domain requires an appreciation of eating as a social phenomenon. We next propose a series of questions for future research and suggest that examining food selection as a social phenomenon can shed light on mechanisms underlying children's learning from others and provide ideas for promoting healthy social relationships and eating behaviors early in development
Child development · Cognition · Cognitive development · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Phenomenon · Social cognition · Social learning · Child and Animal Learning Development · Child Development and Digital Technology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
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| Citations per year | 2,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |