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Peer reviewedAhn, Woo-kyoung; Gelman, Susan A.; Amsterlaw, Jennifer A.; Hohenstein, Jill; Kalish, Charles W. – Cognition, 2000
Examined causal status effect (weighing cause features more than effect features in categorization). Presented adults and 7- to 9-year-olds animal descriptions wherein one feature caused two others. Asked which transfer item was more likely an example of novel animal. Found that both groups preferred an animal with a cause and an effect feature…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development
