Psychological Development and Education ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 257-264.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2020.03.01

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The Influence of Surface Similarity on the Understanding of Relational Similarity

HAN Congcong1, CHEN Yinghe2, YU Xiao2, DENG Zhijun3, LIU Jing4, HOU Jiangwen5, LIN Yanyan6   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250358;
    2. School of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875;
    3. School of Child Development and Education, China Women's University, Beijing, 100101;
    4. Weihai Wendeng Longgang Experimental Kindergarten, Weihai, 264400;
    5. Weihai Wengdeng Dazhong primary school, Weihai, 264400;
    6. Weihai Wengdeng Wenfeng primary school, Weihai, 264400
  • Published:2020-06-02

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Abstract: The present study used numerical matching task and relative size matching task, both of which include high surface similarity condition, low surface similarity condition and crossmapping condition, to investigate the influence of surface similarity on children and adults' understanding of relational similarity. In experiment 1, 37 children were tested at three points in a one-year longitudinal study. The results revealed that children's relational understanding improved from age four to age five. Surface similarity influenced 4-year-olds' numerical relational understanding and relative size understanding of 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds. In experiment 2, 44 adults completed the same two matching tasks on computer. The results showed that surface similarity influenced adults' relational understanding.

Key words: surface similarity, crossmapping effect, longitudinal study

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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