Explaining historical events |
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| Institution: | 1. Speech Technology Group, ETSI Telecomunicación Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Av. Complutense, 30, 28040 Madrid, Spain;2. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore;3. MERL, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, 201 Broadway, 8th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139-1955, USA;4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Block E4, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117583, Singapore |
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| Abstract: | This paper deals with the extent to which subjects' causal historical explanations are influenced not only by domain specific knowledge but by specific characteristics of the historical event studied. Four historical events were presented. 120 students of different ages (15 or 17 years old) and domain specific knowledge (psychology and history) were asked to rate six causes, each of which constituted a causal explanation of an historical event. Results indicated the importance assigned to the different causes depended on the specific characteristics of the historical situation. History students were more prone to this tendency. The issue of how students tend to personalize historical events is also discussed. |
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