Associate Professor Yusuke Moriguchi of the Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, and Associate Professor Kazuhide Hashiya of the Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, that a one-year-old baby feels that a person who stands above the space is superior. The research group of the professors found out.It has been thought that human relationships, such as present and present, are recognized while learning a language, but they were worn at an earlier stage.
According to Kyoto University, the research group made a video of characters lined up above and below the podium competing for things, and played a video of the character above winning and a video of the character below winning, and the reaction of 1 18-year-old children. saw.
As a result, it was found that it took 10 seconds for the video that the bottom wins, while it took 16 seconds on average to take an eye off the screen after watching the video that the top wins.The research group suspects that the loss of the upper character, who should have the upper hand, was unexpected and surprised by the one-year-old child.
People in higher spaces are considered to have a higher social status, with winners standing in high places such as the podium of the Olympic Games in various countries around the world.At present, there is a word that refers to the upper and lower of human relations in every country, and it has been said that the connection between human hierarchical relations and spatial position is acquired through language, but research that casts doubt on that hypothesis. It was a result.
In the future, the research group will proceed with research on whether the baby has learned by looking at his parents or whether he is born with it.
Paper information:[Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences] Space and rank: Infants expect agents in higher position to be socially dominant
