SES Differences in Children’s Argumentative Production

Abstract: Recent studies have examined the argumentative strategies used by young children in everyday situations as well as in experimental settings. However, differences in argumentative production as a function of Socio-Economic Status (SES) have been minimally explored. This study aims to analyze eventual differences regarding social group in the use of argumentative strategies and connectors marking causal and adversative relationships within these strategies. The corpus is 615 disputes occurred during play situations in the homes of 39 4-year old children living in Buenos Aires, Argentina: 453 of mid SES children and 162 of low SES. Argumentative strategies were codified using a system of inductively derived categories: a) the reiteration of the child’s point of view; b) the narration of previous experiences; c) the anticipation of courses of action; d) generalization; e) the description of the characteristics of an object, event or internal state; f) referencing authority; g) the miti.... https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/1665

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: SES Differences in Children’s Argumentative Production ; volume:16 ; number:2 ; day:29 ; month:05 ; year:2020 ; Europe's journal of psychology ; 16, Heft 2 (29.05.2020)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Maia Julieta Migdalek ; Celia Renata Rosemberg

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v16i2.1665
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101416373643340811
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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