Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the social information processing of preschool children. In study 1, the number of subjects were 68 children of 4-5 years old and 63 children of 6-7 years old. Two pictures of the ambiguous situation was used as response stimuli and the responses of the subjects were scored. As results, there was significant effect of age in the recall, cue detection, response generation and evaluation. In study 2, 40 children from the sample in study 1, were selected as their popularity and age. The instrument and procedure was the same as study 1. The result was that in the processing of cue detection and response there was different group effect. The results of this study were discussed and the following study was suggested.