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Tsui, Angeline Sin Mei; Atance, Cristina M. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2023
Children's ability to save emerges during the preschool years, but little is known about the different forms saving takes (and whether these relate) and the mechanisms driving its development. Because research with adults suggests that different aspects of future orientation increase adults' propensity to save, we explored whether, in a sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Childrens Attitudes, Money Management
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Goulding, Brandon W.; Atance, Cristina M.; Friedman, Ori – Developmental Psychology, 2019
The ability to anticipate the future improves significantly across the preschool years. Whereas 5-year-olds understand that they will prefer adult items in the future, 3-year-olds indicate they will continue to prefer child items. We explore these age-related changes in future-oriented cognition by comparing children's inferences about their…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cognitive Processes, Time Perspective, Cognitive Development