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McCormack , Teresa and Hoerl, Christoph (2005) Children's reasoning about the causal significance of the temporal order of events. Developmental Psychology, 41 (1). pp. 54-63. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.41.1.54
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.41.1.54
Abstract
Four experiments examined children's ability to reason about the causal significance of the order in which 2 events occurred (the pressing of buttons on a mechanically operated box). In Study 1, 4-year-olds were unable to make the relevant inferences, whereas 5-year-olds were successful on one version of the task. In Study 2, 3-year-olds were successful on a simplified version of the task in which they were able to observe the events although not their consequences. Study 3 found that older children had difficulties with the original task even when provided with cues to attend to order information. However, 5-year-olds performed successfully in Study 4, in which the causally relevant event was made more salient.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Developmental Psychology | ||||
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||
| ISSN: | 0012-1649 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2005 | ||||
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| Volume: | 41 | ||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 54-63 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1037/0012-1649.41.1.54 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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