When is cultural input central? The development of ontological beliefs about religious and scientific unobservables

IF 5.1 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Child Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2021-11-16 DOI:10.1111/cdep.12435
Telli Davoodi, Jennifer M. Clegg
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Across diverse cultural contexts, children and adults believe in the existence of religious and supernatural unobservables (e.g., gods, angels) as well as scientific and natural unobservables (e.g., germs, oxygen). In this article, we explore the role of cultural input and testimony in children’s developing beliefs in supernatural and natural unobservables as real. We review cross-cultural research with children and adults on their beliefs about the ontological status of religious and scientific unobservables and the epistemic patterns associated with these beliefs. Based on this evidence, we argue that cultural input plays a central role in the development of belief about supernatural unobservables as real, whereas it plays a less critical role in the development of belief about natural unobservables as real. In the latter case, we argue that direct experiences with the natural world combine with children’s naive theories to generate beliefs about natural unobservable entities and processes as real.

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什么时候文化投入是中心?关于宗教和科学上不可观察事物的本体论信仰的发展
在不同的文化背景下,儿童和成人都相信宗教和超自然的不可观察事物(如神、天使)的存在,以及科学和自然的不可观察事物(如细菌、氧气)的存在。在这篇文章中,我们探讨了文化输入和证词在儿童发展超自然和自然不可观察的真实信仰中的作用。我们回顾了儿童和成人对宗教和科学不可观察事物的本体论地位的信仰以及与这些信仰相关的认知模式的跨文化研究。基于这一证据,我们认为文化输入在将超自然不可观察现象视为真实的信念发展中起着核心作用,而在将自然不可观察现象视为真实的信念发展中起着不太重要的作用。在后一种情况下,我们认为与自然世界的直接经验与儿童的天真理论相结合,产生了对自然不可观察实体和过程的真实信念。
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Child Development Perspectives
Child Development Perspectives PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-
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期刊介绍: Child Development Perspectives" mission is to provide accessible, synthetic reports that summarize emerging trends or conclusions within various domains of developmental research, and to encourage multidisciplinary and international dialogue on a variety of topics in the developmental sciences. Articles in the journal will include reviews, commentary, and groups of papers on a targeted issue. Manuscripts presenting new empirical data are not appropriate for this journal. Articles will be obtained through two sources: author-initiated submissions and invited articles or commentary. Potential contributors who have ideas about a set of three or four papers written from very different perspectives may contact the editor with their ideas for feedback.
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