EBOOK Reaching an agreement. Argumentation in preschoolers' narrative discourse

Praca z zakresu psychologii wieku dziecięcego. Całość w języku angielskim.
Preface  8

Chapter 1. The rhetorical tradition as a source for argumentation studies  10
1.1. Socrates, Plato, and the sophists  10
1.2. Aristotle  12
1.3. Cicero, Quintilian, and the decline of the rhetorical tradition  15
1.4. Renaissance of rhetoric  17

Chapter 2. Persuasion: argumentation and arguing  23
2.1. Acting through words  23
2.2. Argumentation and opposition  27

Chapter 3. Children's persuasive abilities  33
3.1. Children's conflicts  33
3.2. Argumentation and explanation  41
3.3. Persuasive strategies  43
3.4. Analysis of argumentative texts  46

Chapter 4. Argumentation and narration—original research  52
4.1. Creation of narrative texts by children and argumentation  52
4.2. Basic research questions  54

Chapter 5. Description of the study  56
5.1. Study population  56
5.2. Research procedure  56
5.3. Experiment aids: film  57

Chapter 6. Material and methods of analysis  59
6.1. Empirical material  59
6.2. Analysis of empirical material (methods)  60
6.2.1. Situations in which arguing occurs—disagreement between participants in narrative discourse  60
6.2.2. Situations in which arguing occurs—non-oppositional situations  72
6.2.3. The structure of argumentation and its construction by the participants of narrative discourse  77

Chapter 7. Study results  80
7.1. How children disagree with their narrative discourse partners—oppositional positions  80
7.2. How children disagree with narrative discourse partners—situations of disagreement without argumentation  82
7.3. How children disagree with their narrative discourse partners—situations of disagreement with argumentation  93
7.4. Do children use argumentation only in situations of disagreement? Argumentation outside dispute  103
7.5. The structure of argumentation and the manner of its constructing by the participants of narrative discourse  110
7.6. The influence of the listener's sex on the structure of argumentation and manner of its production  115

Chapter 8. Discussion  123
8.1. Oppositional positions in narrative discourse: disagreement and argumentation  123
8.2. Argumentation in oppositional situations  129
8.3. Non-oppositional or potentially oppositional situations?  132

References  144