Mechanism-Based Causal Reasoning in Young Children

The hypothesis that children develop an understanding of causal mechanisms was tested across 3 experiments. In Experiment 1 (N = 48), preschoolers had to choose as efficacious either a cause that had worked in the past, but was now disconnected from its effect, or a cause that had failed to work pre...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child development 2011-11, Vol.82 (6), p.2053-2066
Hauptverfasser:	Buchanan, David W., Sobel, David M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Differences Association Learning Biological and medical sciences Causal covariation Causal inference Causal reasoning Causality Child Child custody Child Development Child, Preschool Children Cognition Cognition & reasoning Cognition. Intelligence Concept Formation Developmental psychology Electricity EMPIRICAL ARTICLES Experimental psychology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Infants Knowledge Learning Light Lighting Logical Thinking Male Modification Observational research Orientation Preschool Children Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Psychomotor Performance Reasoning Reasoning. Problem solving Reversal Learning Young children
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