Boden Hannah, Labuschagne Lisa G, Hinten Ashley E, Scarf Damian
Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Dev Psychobiol. 2017 Nov;59(7):927-931. doi: 10.1002/dev.21544. Epub 2017 Jul 21.
Testing episodic foresight in children generally involves presenting them with a problem in one location (e.g., Room A) and, after a spending a delay in a different location, telling them they will be returning to Room A. Before they go, children are presented with a number of items, one of which will allow them to solve the problem in Room A. At around 3 to 4 years of age children display episodic foresight, selecting the item that will allow them to solve the problem. To date, however, no study has assessed whether 3- and 4-year-old children can plan beyond the very next event, selecting the correct item when there is a delay before returning to Room A. Here, we show that 3- and 4-year-old children can pass when a delay is imposed but that their performance is significantly worse than when they are planning for an immediate event.
对儿童的情景预见能力进行测试，通常是在一个地点（如A房间）给他们呈现一个问题，然后让他们在另一个地点停留一段时间，之后告诉他们会回到A房间。在他们回去之前，给儿童展示一些物品，其中一件物品能让他们解决A房间的问题。大约在3到4岁时，儿童会表现出情景预见能力，挑选出能解决问题的物品。然而，迄今为止，尚无研究评估3岁和4岁的儿童是否能够在紧接着的下一个事件之外进行规划，即在回到A房间前有延迟的情况下挑选出正确的物品。在此，我们表明，当设置延迟时，3岁和4岁的儿童能够通过测试，但他们的表现明显不如为即时事件做规划时。
