| Preschoolers joke with jokers, but correct foreigners. | |
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PMID: 21676103 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Thirty- and 36-month-old English speakers' (N = 106) ability to produce jokes, distinguish between humorous and sincere intentions, and distinguish between English- and foreign-language speakers, was examined in two tasks. In the Giving task, an experimenter requested one of two familiar objects, and a confederate always gave her the wrong object. In the Naming task, the confederate mislabeled familiar objects. In the English-speaking conditions, the confederate laughed after doing the wrong thing (English-Humor) or said, 'There!' (English-Sincere). In the Foreign conditions, the French- or Italian-speaking confederate laughed (Foreign-Humor) or said, 'D'accord!' or 'Va bene!' (Foreign-Sincere). When preschoolers were subsequently requested to give and name the same objects and a new set of familiar objects they were significantly more likely to imitate and 'do the wrong thing' in the Humor versus Sincere, and in the English versus Foreign conditions. |
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Elena Hoicka; Nameera Akhtar |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-03-24 |
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Title: Developmental science Volume: 14 ISSN: 1467-7687 ISO Abbreviation: Dev Sci Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-06-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9814574 Medline TA: Dev Sci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 848-58 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
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Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, UK. |
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