Beck, Sarah R., Robinson, Elizabeth J., Carroll, Daniel J. and Apperly, I. A.. (2006) Children's thinking about counterfactuals and future hypotheticals as possibilities. Child Development, Vol.77 (No.2). pp. 413-426. ISSN 0009-3920

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Abstract

Two experiments explored whether children's correct answers to counterfactual and future hypothetical questions were based on an understanding of possibilities. Children played a game in which a toy mouse could run down either 1 of 2 slides. Children found it difficult to mark physically both possible outcomes, compared to reporting a single hypothetical future event, "What if next time he goes the other way ..." (Experiment 1: 3-4-year-olds and 4-5-year-olds), or a single counterfactual event, "What if he had gone the other way ...?" (Experiment 2: 3-4-year-olds and 5-6-year-olds). An open counterfactual question, "Could he have gone anywhere else?," which required thinking about the counterfactual as an alternative possibility, was also relatively difficult.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Journal or Publication Title:	Child Development
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN:	0009-3920
Date:	March 2006
Volume:	Vol.77
Number:	No.2
Number of Pages:	14
Page Range:	pp. 413-426
Identification Number:	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00879.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/33773

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