Past and Future Episodic Thinking in Middle Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Qi; Capous, Diana; Koh, Jessie Bee Kim; Hou, Yubo
Titel	Past and Future Episodic Thinking in Middle Childhood
Quelle	In: Journal of Cognition and Development, 15 (2014) 4, S.625-643 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-8372
DOI	10.1080/15248372.2013.784977
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Processes; Asians; Interviews; Cultural Background; Children; Whites; Cognitive Development; Thinking Skills; Futures (of Society); Developmental Stages; Chinese Americans; Time; Memory; Verbal Ability; Coding; Measures (Individuals); Mother Attitudes; Cultural Differences; Gender Differences; Adults; Comparative Analysis; Statistical Analysis; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Child; Kind; Kinder; White; Weißer; Kognitive Entwicklung; Denkfähigkeit; Future; Society; Zukunft; Asian immigrant; Chinese; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; Chinesen; USA; Zeit; Gedächtnis; Mündliche Leistung; Codierung; Programmierung; Messdaten; Mutterliebe; Kultureller Unterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The abilities of past and future episodic thinking develop hand in hand across the preschool years and are intimately connected in adults. Little is known, however, about the development of episodic thinking in middle childhood and how it is influenced by sociocultural factors. In the present study, one hundred sixty-seven 7- to 10-year-old children from European American and Chinese cultural backgrounds were interviewed individually about temporally near and distant past and future events. The child data were further contrasted with adult data in Wang, Hou, Tang, and Wiprovnick (2011). European American children generated more specific details than did Chinese children in both past and future events. Children of the two cultures relied similarly on general knowledge in their episodic thinking, and yet, they did so to a greater extent when compared with adults. In addition, similar to adults, children exhibited consistency in episodic specificity between past- and future-event construction, and they generated more specific details in past events compared with future events and in near events compared with distant events. The findings provide important insights for the development of episodic thinking in middle childhood and beyond. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10