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The Effect of Symbolic Distancing on Delay Tolerance across the Preschool Period

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Title: The Effect of Symbolic Distancing on Delay Tolerance across the Preschool Period
Language: English
Authors: Pecora, Giulia, Bellagamba, Francesca, Chiarotti, Flavia, Paoletti, Melania, Castano, Maria Letizia, Addessi, Elsa
Source: Journal of Cognition and Development. 2020 21(1):92-103.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2020
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Preschool Education
Descriptors: Delay of Gratification, Rewards, Food, Stimuli, Young Children, Preschool Children, Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Visual Stimuli, Toys, Preschool Education, Symbolic Learning, Inhibition, Child Behavior
Geographic Terms: Italy (Rome)
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2019.1693374
ISSN: 1524-8372
Abstract: We aimed to longitudinally examine how symbolic distancing affects preschool children's delay tolerance in a delay choice task. We presented children with choices between a smaller immediate reward and a larger delayed reward in conditions with either symbolic stimuli or edible rewards. Overall, symbolic distancing modulated children's delay tolerance. In particular, whereas in the first phase (T1: 3- and 4-year-olds) children presented with edible rewards chose the larger option more often than children presented with symbolic stimuli, in the second phase (T2: 5- and 6-year-olds), there was no significant difference between children presented with symbolic stimuli and those presented with edible rewards. These results are discussed by examining how children's delay tolerance changes during the development and comparing children to adult humans in a similar task.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2020
Accession Number: EJ1241297
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:We aimed to longitudinally examine how symbolic distancing affects preschool children's delay tolerance in a delay choice task. We presented children with choices between a smaller immediate reward and a larger delayed reward in conditions with either symbolic stimuli or edible rewards. Overall, symbolic distancing modulated children's delay tolerance. In particular, whereas in the first phase (T1: 3- and 4-year-olds) children presented with edible rewards chose the larger option more often than children presented with symbolic stimuli, in the second phase (T2: 5- and 6-year-olds), there was no significant difference between children presented with symbolic stimuli and those presented with edible rewards. These results are discussed by examining how children's delay tolerance changes during the development and comparing children to adult humans in a similar task.
ISSN:1524-8372
DOI:10.1080/15248372.2019.1693374