Peterson C, Skevington S
School of Social Inquiry, Murdoch University, Western Australia.
J Genet Psychol. 1988 Jun;149(2):163-74. doi: 10.1080/00221325.1988.10532150.
In this study, we examined children's cognitive role-taking in relation to their mothers' choices of techniques to solve domestic dilemmas involving children's misbehavior, social skills, and logical reasoning. Results showed that a mother's preference for the childrearing strategy known as distancing, which uses a Socratic or dialectical inquiry to create cognitive conflict in the child, bore a significant association to her child's advancement in cognitive role-taking skill. This finding is discussed in relation to theories of cognitive development that postulate that mental conflict or tension stimulates cognitive growth. Practical factors that might inhibit mothers from making effective use of the distancing technique are also considered.
在本研究中,我们考察了儿童的认知角色采择,这与母亲解决涉及儿童不当行为、社交技能和逻辑推理的家庭困境时所采用的技巧选择有关。结果表明,母亲对一种称为“疏离”的育儿策略的偏好,即运用苏格拉底式或辩证式探究在孩子身上制造认知冲突,与孩子在认知角色采择技能方面的进步存在显著关联。结合认知发展理论对这一发现进行了讨论,这些理论假定心理冲突或紧张会刺激认知成长。我们还考虑了可能阻碍母亲有效运用疏离技巧的实际因素。