Future Thinking in Young Children  

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Atance, Cristina M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Current Directions in Psychological Science vol. 17 no. 04 (Aug. 2008), page 295-298.
Topik: Future Thinking; Mental Time Travel; Episodic Memory; Conceptual Development; Planning
Fulltext: 12. Future Thinking in Young Children.pdf (102.13KB)

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The study of future thinking is gaining momentum across various domains of psychology. Mentally projecting the self forward in time (i.e., mental time travel) is argued to be uniquely human and of vital importance to the evolution of human culture. Yet it is only recently that developmentalists have begun to study when, and how, this capacity emerges. I begin by outlining the concept of mental time travel, along with newly developed methodologies to test children’s ability to mentally project the self into the future. Data suggest that this ability is in place by ages 4 or 5 but also reveal conditions under which children may experience difficulty accurately predicting their future desires. I conclude by discussing how the research on children’s mental time travel can be used to further our understanding of the development of future-oriented behaviors, including planning and delaying gratification.

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