期刊
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
卷 62, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101162
关键词
Puppet; Informant; Anthropomorphism; Educational television; Animal knowledge
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31700968, 31771236]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [CCNU20QN039]
This study examines the impact of age and informants on children's animal knowledge learning and anthropomorphic generalization. The findings show that watching animal educational videos can promote children's acquisition of animal knowledge, and children learn equally well from both human and puppet informants. Younger children may enjoy learning from nonanthropomorphic language animal puppets more.
How educational media can support learning is a growing concern. This study examined the impact of age (4-year-olds vs. 6-year-olds) and informants (human vs. animal puppet vs. anthropomorphic language animal puppet) on children's animal knowledge learning and anthropomorphic generalization. A total of 210 children aged 4 and 6 participated. Children learned equally well from each of the three types of informants. Six-year-olds learned more than did 4-year-olds and were also more curious to learn more about the animal after watching the videos. Four-year-olds were more likely to generalize anthropomorphic traits in animals than were older children. Finally, 4-year-olds in the animal puppet group showed a significantly higher preference for the informant than did 4-year-olds in the human and anthropomorphic language animal puppet groups. Overall, the findings showed that watching animal educational videos can promote children's acquisition of animal knowledge and that children learn equally well from human and puppet informants. Additionally, younger children may enjoy learning from nonanthropomorphic language animal puppets more than from humans and anthropomorphic language animal puppets, but there are no significant differences in their learning.
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