The Influence of Social-Affective Context on the Formation of Children's Food Preferences

摘要: BIRCH, LEANN LIPPS; ZIMMERMAN, SHERYL ITKIN; and HIND, HONEY. The Influence of Socialaffective Context on the Formation Children's Food Preferences. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1980, 51, 856-861. effects several social-affective presentation contexts formation preschool children's food preferences were investigated. for a set snack foods initially assessed neutral food, neither highly preferred nor nonpreferred, was selected each child. This then presented to child in one four contexts: (1) as reward; (2) noncontingently, paired with adult attention; (3) nonsocial context; (4) at time. 16 children participated condition. Half condition received sweet half nonsweet food. Results indicated that presenting rewards or them noncontingently attention produced significant increases preference, persisted least 6 weeks following termination presentations. In contrast, no consistent changes preference noted when context results suggest which are is extremely important young preferences.