Mental rotation is supported by block play in boys and girls

IF 2.2 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2024-01-12 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101630

Anke Maria Weber , Katarzyna Bobrowicz , Samuel Greiff , Miriam Leuchter

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Abstract

Mental rotation in adults can be supported by spatial activities and shows sex differences in favor of males. Yet, whether these results apply to young children and whether possible early sex differences in mental rotation might be alleviated through spatial play remains unclear. Thus, we investigated whether play with different levels of guidance (high guidance vs. medium guidance vs. low guidance) would affect girls' and boys' mental rotation in a sample of 183 German 5- and 6-year-olds. Any play form fostered children's mental rotation. However, girls profited less from high guidance than boys. Play can foster mental rotation, but different levels of guidance seem to have differential effects on girls and boys.

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积木游戏支持男孩和女孩的智力旋转

成年人的心智旋转可以通过空间活动得到支持，并且显示出有利于男性的性别差异。然而，这些结果是否适用于幼儿，早期智力旋转的性别差异是否可以通过空间游戏得到缓解，这些问题仍不清楚。因此，我们以 183 名 5-6 岁德国儿童为样本，研究了不同指导水平的游戏（高指导水平 vs. 中等指导水平 vs. 低指导水平）是否会影响女孩和男孩的心智旋转。任何游戏形式都能促进儿童的心智旋转。然而，与男孩相比，女孩从高引导中获益较少。游戏可以促进心智旋转，但不同程度的引导似乎对女孩和男孩有不同的影响。

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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5.10

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3.30%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.