On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Yioryos Asprobounitis <mavrot...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> I do not know if anyone did read the actual scientific paper in the journal > "Cognition" that initiated this discussion (needs subscription) but it > basically provides quantitative evidence that: > > a) preschoolers, if they are formally taught only one function, also > assume this as _evidence_ that other functions are missing(!) and > b) that the "instructions" can be direct (to them) or indirect (to other > kids) but are _ignored_ if they are towards adults ( a very interesting > point, I think). > I would like to note that there is very strong evidence that these types of behaviors depend on the culture and the family. For example, in families that practice attachment parenting (and these kids are unlikely to attend a preschool) children are much more adult-oriented. Nurturing cultures and "warrior cultures" (those that isolate babies from parents, for example) produce different effects in child-adult relationships. A kid who's attended a Reggio Emilia preschool for a while will have very different behaviors from a kid who's attended a Japanese test-prep preschool. Cheers, Maria Droujkova Make math your own, to make your own math.
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