Hoicka, E. and Martin, C. (2016) Two-Year-Olds Distinguish Pretending and Joking. Child Development, 87 (3). pp. 916-928. ISSN 0009-3920
Abstract
While children understand intentions to joke and pretend by 2 or 3 years, it is unclear whether they distinguish these intentional acts. Using a normativity paradigm, we found (N=72) 2-year-olds protest against jokes more than pretending, suggesting, for the first time, they distinguish these acts. Furthermore, toddlers protested more generally after pretend than literal or joke contexts, but only if intentional cues were used. Additionally, children objected more to joking than pretending after pretend and literal contexts, but not after joke contexts. Thus toddlers distinguish the intentional nature of pretending and joking. Furthermore, a pretend intentional context establishes specific rules to be followed, while a joke intentional context allows an open space to perform various types of acts.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors. Child Development © 2016 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Child Development. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2015 15:10 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2017 10:07 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12526 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/cdev.12526 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90684 |