Preschoolers Search Longer When There Is More Information to Be Gained

Autor/inn/en	Ruggeri, Azzurra; Stanciu, Oana; Pelz, Madeline; Gopnik, Alison; Schulz, Eric
Titel	Preschoolers Search Longer When There Is More Information to Be Gained
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 27 (2024) 1, (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ruggeri, Azzurra) ORCID (Stanciu, Oana)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/desc.13411
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Child Behavior; Information Seeking; Persistence; Rewards; Motivation; Ambiguity (Context); Time on Task; Personality Traits + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Informationserschließung; Ausdauer; Reward; Belohnung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Zeitaufwand; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	What drives children to explore and learn when external rewards are uncertain or absent? Across three studies, we tested whether information gain itself acts as an internal reward and suffices to motivate children's actions. We measured 24-56-month-olds' persistence in a game where they had to search for an object (animal or toy), which they never find, hidden behind a series of doors, manipulating the degree of uncertainty about "which specific object" was hidden. We found that children were more persistent in their search when there was higher uncertainty, and therefore, more information to be gained with each action, highlighting the importance of research on artificial intelligence to invest in curiosity-driven algorithms. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01