The Development and Coherence of Future-Oriented Behaviors during the Preschool Years

Autor/inn/en	Atance, Cristina M.; Jackson, Laura K.
Titel	The Development and Coherence of Future-Oriented Behaviors during the Preschool Years
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102 (2009) 4, S.379-391 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2009.01.001
Schlagwörter	Rhetoric; Delay of Gratification; Preschool Children; Thinking Skills; Adults; Task Analysis; Cognitive Development; Age Differences; Correlation; Behavior Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rhetorik; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Denkfähigkeit; Aufgabenanalyse; Kognitive Entwicklung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Korrelation
Abstract	Although previous research has identified a number of interesting aspects of future thinking in adults, little is known about the developmental trajectory and coherence of future-oriented behaviors during early childhood. The primary goal of this study was to explore these issues by administering a battery of tasks assessing different aspects of future thinking, including mental time travel, delay of gratification, planning, and prospective memory, to 72 preschoolers. Results revealed that performance on all of the tasks increased significantly between 3 and 5 years of age. Although most tasks were correlated, suggesting "behavioral" coherence, many of these significant correlations dropped out once age and receptive vocabulary were controlled. These results are discussed with respect to theories about, and measurement of, future orientation. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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