Cultural transmission of tool use in young children: A diffusion chain study

被引：66

作者：

Flynn, Emma ^{[1
]}

Whiten, Andrew ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Durham, Dept Psychol, Durham DH1 3LE, England

[2] Univ St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9AJ, Fife, Scotland

来源：

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | 2008年 / 17卷 / 03期

关键词：

culture; observational learning; tool use; transmission;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00453.x

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Developmental and gender effects in the transmission of information about a tool-use task were investigated within a 'diffusion chain' design. One hundred and twenty-seven children (65 three-year-olds and 62 five-year-olds) participated. Eighty children took part in diffusion chains in which consecutive children in chains of five witnessed two attempts on a tool-use task by the previous child in the chain. Comparisons were made between two experimental conditions in which alternative techniques were seeded and a third no-model control condition. Children in the diffusion chains conformed to the technique they witnessed, in one experimental condition faithfully transmitting a technique absent in the no-model condition. Five-year-olds displayed more robust transmission than three-year-olds, and boys were both more competent and displayed stronger transmission than girls.

引用

页码：699 / 718

页数：20

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