UNSPECIFIED (1999) Diversity-based reasoning in children age 5 to 8. In: 21st Annual Conference of the Cognitive-Science-Society, AUG 19-21, 1999, VANCOUVER, CANADA.

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Abstract

One of the hallmarks of inductive reasoning by adults is the diversity effect, namely that subjects draw stronger inferences from a diverse set of premise statements than from a homogenous set of premises (Osherson et al., 1990). However, past developmental work (Lopez et al., 1992; Gutheil & Gelman, 1997) has not found diversity effects with children age 9 and younger. In our own experiments, we found robust and appropriate use of diversity information in children as young as 5 years. For stimuli we used pictures of people and their possessions, rather than the stimuli concerning animals and their biological properties in past studies. We discuss implications of these results for models of inductive reasoning.

Item Type:	Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Journal or Publication Title:	PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY
Publisher:	LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL
ISBN:	0-8058-3581-4
Editor:	Hahn, M and Stoness, SC
Date:	1999
Number of Pages:	6
Page Range:	pp. 212-217
Publication Status:	Published
Title of Event:	21st Annual Conference of the Cognitive-Science-Society
Location of Event:	VANCOUVER, CANADA
Date(s) of Event:	AUG 19-21, 1999
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/11411

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