On the theory of psychological factors affecting young children and their education, enlightenment

Paper Keywords: early childhood Education, enlightenment theory of mind

Abstract: Over the past 20 years, children's psychological theory of Developmental psychology research has become the most popular, one of the most active areas of research this paper the impact on children's psychological factors that explain the theory and the theory of child psychology from the perspective of family Education, kindergartens and provide some inspiration.


Psychology is the difference between humans and other species of the main signs. Children can only have an understanding of the psychology better understand everyday events. Children's Theory of the study of contemporary Developmental psychology research focus and an important content of children's cognitive Development An important aspect, while the acquisition of theory of mind will promote children's peer interaction and interpersonal relationships, and thus its social basis. the research on theory of mind, to reveal the basic laws of psychological Development and promote children's psychological Development has a very important theoretical and practical significance.

A theory of factors affecting infant mental
1.1 Language Skills
Many studies have shown that children's psychological development of the theory is closely related with the language skills, language skills of the sentence elements, sentence structure, semantic features such as capacity development, the psychological impact on children's level of development of the theory. Jenkins and Astington children's language and acceptance was measured, also found that general language ability and false belief performance has a strong positive correlation China's Wu Nan, Zhang Li Jin's study found that the psychological development of the theory and language development at the two complement each other. Zhang Xu's research found in the 3-year-old and two 4-year-old age group, language skills of young children in the false belief extraordinary performance on the language skills are better than normal children.

1.2 Pretend Play
Pretend games affect children's cognitive abilities, social skills development, an important factor, it helps children understand the difference between psychology and reality. Leslie said, pretending to be a part of theory of mind, pretend the game from a wide range of researchers on the rise attention. Studies have pointed out that in pretend games, more children participate in role-play, or score higher on tests in the fantasy children's understanding of the psychological state better than the other children.

1.3 Family factors
Studies have found that children's psychological development of the theory and the number of brothers and sisters as well as the type of relationship between brothers and sisters related. Ruffman and other studies have shown that, within the family, especially parents and children with verbal communication between the child's psychological development of the theory have a major impact. There is also research that parents' Education level and occupational class may cause children to different levels of development of psychological theory.

Li Yanyan, Sang mother rearing the subject found in the "severe punishment" and "emotional warmth of understanding" with the development of children's psychological theory of positive correlation that almost all existing research more about emotion than the more authoritarian rearing use reprimand the authoritarian rearing more to promote mental development of the theory.

1.4 peer interaction
Studies have found that peer interaction frequency and time also affect the child's psychological development of the theory. Overseas studies have found that popular children's children than by the refusal of others to better understand the psychological state. Wang Yiwen other studies have found no offensive attacks on children and children theory of mind there is no significant difference, but the child's psychological theory of indirect attack was significantly higher than the body attacks children.

In addition, social and cultural environment, the psychological theories about the contents of the training will influence the psychological development of the theory.

2 Children's Theory Implications for early childhood Education
In the eyes of adults, children, or ignorance, but studies have shown that children's psychological theory is wrong. Children's Theory tells us that children have the mental state of the world around has a wealth of knowledge. This requires us in kindergarten and family Education to children as individuals with various mental states that education our children's psychological theory from the start of the factors, to explore how the kindergarten and family education to improve infant mental theory development.

2.1 Language training
In daily life, to be timely and child talk about mental states, encourage children to boldly speak, pay attention to foster children for the semantic features, syntactic elements of understanding, encourage children to communicate with people in the family, strengthen the exchanges between parent and child conduct parent-child reading.

2.2 to carry out Pretend Play
In kindergarten, teachers should give full consideration to children of different ages have knowledge and experience for the children in their age characteristics of the creation of pretend games, and actively induce children to experience the game in the process of role-emotion, desire, etc., to promote the role of children have changed place to experience other people's thoughts, feelings, learn to understand others, thereby enhancing the level of theory of mind.

In the family, pretending game, mainly in children and parents, between siblings. Usually by the parents to provide verbal guidance or to participate in children's toys, pretend games. In contrast, the game between brother and sister is different, they each play different roles, often requires changing the role and position, but others have less support between parents and children can be "transposed game" In the game, let children play the mother, mother child play, the game will cause transposition of empathy, theory of mind to promote early childhood development. Links to free download http://www.hi138.com
2.3 Education to carry out the mixed age
Most of our children is only one child, and sibling relations, especially relations with the brother and sister's children will greatly facilitate the development of theory of mind, so the mixed age education just to make up for this deficiency. Children age differences exist between and the resulting differences in abilities and experience, which makes children's role in the exchanges had to change to cope with more complex relations environment at the same time, due to mixed age groups of the dynamics of education, the role of many of the ensuing changes makes children more opportunities to experience other people's feelings, wishes and beliefs.

2.4 Optimization of peer relationships
Social interaction among peers can provide a lot of understanding of the views of others and coordinate their views with others the opportunity to promote children's self-centered and to the development of perspective-taking ability, and to improve infant mental and theoretical level. To optimize children's peer relationships First, teachers and parents of young children's peer relationships should have a full understanding of the state, second, actively organize joint activities for children, third, how to guide children to participate in other people's games to go, what to do on the companion-friendly acts of return, how their own negligence to apologize and so on.


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