Children's sensitivity to the knowledge expressed in pedagogical and nonpedagogical contexts

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dc.contributor.authorGelman, Susan A.
dc.contributor.authorWare, Elizabeth A.
dc.contributor.authorManczak, Erika M.
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-22T22:54:22Z
dc.date.available2020-04-22T22:54:22Z
dc.date.issued2013-03
dc.description.abstractThe present studies test 2 hypotheses: (1) that pedagogical contexts especially convey generic information (Csibra & Gergely, 2009) and (2) that young children are sensitive to this aspect of pedagogy. We examined generic language (e.g., "Elephants live in Africa") in 3 studies, focusing on informational versus narrative children's books (Study 1), the language of 6-year-old children and adults assuming either a pedagogical (teacher) or non-pedagogical (friend) role (Study 2), and the language of 5-year-old children and adults speaking to either an ignorant alien (pedagogical context) or a peer (nonpedagogical context; Study 3). Results suggest that generics are more frequent in informational than narrative texts. Furthermore, both adults and young children provide more generic language in pedagogical contexts and when assuming a pedagogical role. Together, the studies demonstrate that pedagogical contexts are distinctive in conveying generic information and that children are sensitive to this aspect of the language input. We suggest that generic knowledge is more useful in making predictions about the future and thus more highly valued during instruction.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGelman, S. A. , Ware, E. A., Manczak, E. M., & Graham, S. A. (2012). Children's sensitivity to the knowledge expressed in pedagogical and nonpedagogical contexts. "Developmental Psychology", 2013, (49):3, 491-504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0027901en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0027901en_US
dc.identifier.issn0012-1649
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111855
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/43670
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Associationen_US
dc.publisher.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.hasversionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.publisher.institutionViterbo Universityen_US
dc.publisher.institutionNorthwestern Universityen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.titleChildren's sensitivity to the knowledge expressed in pedagogical and nonpedagogical contextsen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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