The sources of normativity
Young children's awareness of the normative structure of games
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9794453 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hannes Rakoczy (0000-0003-3296-0551, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, corresponding author), Felix Warneken (0000-0002-4799-2559, Max Planck Society), M Tomasello (0000-0002-1649-088X, Max Planck Society) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 875-881 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| 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 | 10.1037/0012-1649.44.3.875 |
| PMID | 18473651 |
| OpenAlex | W2014198179 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 124 |
| References cited | 13 |
In two studies, the authors investigated 2- and 3-year-old children's awareness of the normative structure of conventional games. In the target conditions, an experimenter showed a child how to play a simple rule game. After the child and the experimenter had played for a while, a puppet came (controlled by a 2nd experimenter), asked to join in, and then performed an action that constituted a mistake in the game. In control conditions, the puppet performed the exact same action as in the experimental conditions, but the context was different such that this act did not constitute a mistake. Children's normative responses to the puppet's acts (e.g., protest, critique, or teaching) were scored. Both age groups performed more normative responses in the target than in the control conditions, but the 3-year-olds did so on a more explicit level. These studies demonstrate in a particularly strong way that even very young children have some grasp of the normative structure of conventional activities
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