Time to get a new mountain? The role of function in children's conceptions of natural kinds

被引：29

作者：

DiYanni, C ^{[1
]}

Kelemen, D ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Boston Univ, Dept Psychol, Boston, MA 02215 USA

来源：

COGNITION | 2005年 / 97卷 / 03期

关键词：

function; artifact; teleology; nature;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cognition.2004.10.002

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Prior research indicates that young children are promiscuously teleological, attributing purpose not only to artifacts, but also to living and non-living natural entities. This study further examines the role of function in children's reasoning about different object kinds by indirectly probing children's intuitions about what types of entities can be rendered functionless. Specifically, children were asked to decide whether entities that could no longer perform certain activities should be fixed/replaced (e.g. "Do you need to get a new one?"). Results reveal that young children broadly view both artificial and natural kinds that can no longer perform certain activities as needing to be fixed or replaced. These findings suggest that the teleo-functional bias not only influences children's explanatory preferences but also their category judgments. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：327 / 335

页数：9

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