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McCormack, Teresa, Butterfill, Stephen A. (Stephen Andrew), Hoerl, Christoph and Burns, P. (Patrick) (2009) Cue competition effects and young children’s causal and counterfactual inferences. Developmental Psychology, Vol.45 (No.6). pp. 1563-1575. doi:10.1037/a0017408 ISSN 0012-1649.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0017408
Abstract
The authors examined cue competition effects in young children using the blicket detector paradigm, in which objects are placed either singly or in pairs on a novel machine and children must judge which objects have the causal power to make the machine work. Cue competition effects were found in a 5- to 6-year-old group but not in a 4-year-old group. Equivalent levels of forward and backward blocking were found in the former group. Children's counterfactual judgments were subsequently examined by asking whether or not the machine would have gone off in the absence of I of 2 objects that had been placed on it as a pair. Cue competition effects were demonstrated only in 5- to 6-year-olds using this mode of assessing causal reasoning.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Causation, Counterfactuals (Logic), Learning, Psychology of | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Developmental Psychology | ||||
Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||
ISSN: | 0012-1649 | ||||
Official Date: | November 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.45 | ||||
Number: | No.6 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1563-1575 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1037/a0017408 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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