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Abstract
The ability to individually solve a novel problem by modifying objects into a new tool is termed tool innovation. This thesis aims to provide new insights into the challenges children face during tool innovation tasks by taking three different approaches. First, I describe the early development of innovation skills in the preschool age in more detail by examining three- to five-year-olds’ skills in solving two versions of a tool-making task and suggest more differentiated ways to analyze children’s solution approaches. Second, I analyze children’s private speech while solving these problems to examine which processes on the cognitive, emotional, or motivational level might affect innovation performance. Third, in a training study, I examine whether young children benefit from prior experiences in tool making through analogical transfer.
Document type: | Dissertation |
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Supervisor: | Pauen, Prof. Dr. Sabina |
Place of Publication: | Heidelberg |
Date of thesis defense: | 27 June 2022 |
Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2022 09:01 |
Date: | 2022 |
Faculties / Institutes: | The Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies > Institute of Psychology |
DDC-classification: | 100 Philosophy 150 Psychology |