Greater learning transfer effect for avoidance of loss than for achievement of gain in Finnish and Russian schoolchildren |
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Author: | Sozinov, A. A.1,2; Laukka, S.3; Lyashchenko, A. I.2,4; |
Organizations: |
1V.B. Shvyrkov Lab. Neural Bases of Mind, Institute of Psychology RAS, Moscow, Russia 2Faculty of Psychology, State Academic University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia 3Learning Research Lab., Department of Education, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
4D.V. Ryabinkin's School #1392, Moscow, Russia
5Department of Psychology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia 6Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.6 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2020091069230 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier,
2020
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Publish Date: | 2020-09-10 |
Description: |
AbstractClassification of behavior into principal categories of approach and avoidance is grounded in evolutionary considerations and multiple results of behavioral, self-report, and brain-activity analyses. Contrasted via measures of cognitive processes, avoidance is accompanied by greater cognitive engagement than approach. Considering outcome as a key constituent of behavioral underpinnings, we interpret approach/avoidance distinction in terms of structure of experience: avoidance domain provides more detailed interaction with the environment, than approach domain. Learning outwardly similar behaviors aimed at gain or loss outcomes manifests formation of different structures that underlie further learning. Therefore, we predicted difference of learning transfer between gain and loss contexts that was revealed here by introducing two tasks for different groups of schoolchildren in Finland and Russia. The cultural specificity of gain/loss differences was also evident with employed measures, including error rate and post-error slowing. The results support that avoidance-motivated behavior is organized as a more complex organism-environment interaction, than the approach-motivated behavior. see all
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Series: |
Heliyon |
ISSN: | 2405-8440 |
ISSN-E: | 2405-8440 |
ISSN-L: | 2405-8440 |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 6 |
Article number: | e04158 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04158 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04158 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
516 Educational sciences |
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Funding: |
Consecutive parts of the study, including planning and organization of the research in Finland and Russia, data analysis and preparation of the article, have been supported by Center for International Mobility (Finland), the Russian Science Foundation (project #14-28-00229), Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Institute of Psychology, RAS) project #0159-2020-0001, and contract with the Foundation for the New Forms of Education Development #RUOM1019. |
Copyright information: |
© 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0). |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |