Koç University.
University of Queensland.
Child Dev. 2020 Mar;91(2):e280-e298. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13223. Epub 2019 Jan 30.
Using a between-groups design and random assignment, this study examined 214 Turkish children's (M = 11.66 years) mindreading and general reasoning about in-group members (Turks), similar out-group members (Syrians within Turkey) and dissimilar out-group members (Northern Europeans). Children heard four mindreading and four general reasoning stories with in-group or out-group members as targets. Whereas children's general reasoning about three groups was equivalent, accuracy of mental state inferences differed by target with more accurate mindreading of in-group targets compared to both sets of out-group targets. In this Turkish sample, mindreading of Syrian targets was the least accurate. Prejudice and perceived realistic threat predicted lower mindreading. These findings have important implications for understanding how similarity and intergroup processes play a role in children's mindreading.
本研究采用组间设计和随机分组，考察了 214 名土耳其儿童（M=11.66 岁）对群体内成员（土耳其人）、相似群体外成员（土耳其境内的叙利亚人）和不同群体外成员（北欧人）的心理解读和一般推理能力。孩子们听了四个以群体内或群体外成员为目标的心理解读和四个一般推理故事。虽然孩子们对三个群体的一般推理能力相当，但对心理状态的推断准确性因目标而异，与两组群体外目标相比，对群体内目标的心理解读更准确。在这个土耳其样本中，对叙利亚目标的心理解读最不准确。偏见和感知到的现实威胁预测了较低的心理解读能力。这些发现对理解相似性和群体间过程如何在儿童的心理解读中发挥作用具有重要意义。
