Cognitive Functioning of Children Aged 4 to 6 in Interpersonal Conflict Resolution

This article focuses on children cognitive Functioning in the social domain of knowledge. It is based on the use of problem solving tasks (PST), using a social skills perspective, to investigate the way in which children solve interpersonal conflicts. The project's overall objective is to descr...

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Autor Principal: Ayala Afanador, María Paola; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Otros Autores: Montes González, Jairo Andrés; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Universidad Santo Tomás, Colombia 2011
Acceso en línea: http://revistas.usta.edu.co/index.php/diversitas/article/view/144
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Sumario: This article focuses on children cognitive Functioning in the social domain of knowledge. It is based on the use of problem solving tasks (PST), using a social skills perspective, to investigate the way in which children solve interpersonal conflicts. The project's overall objective is to describe the cognitive functioning of 20 children between four and sixth years of age, for interpersonal conflicts solving, through the performances obtained in a task that simulates three scenarios where there are disputes between various characters. The results show that school-age children are able to incorporate social skills from an early age and support the idea that cognitive development, especially in the social domain, does not require an overall functioning, but show variability in short periods of time compared to solving interpersonal conflicts, and even within the same task's micro moments. Key words: cognitive functioning, interpersonal conflict resolution, perspective taking, social cognition