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Direct linkBeck, Sarah R.; McColgan, Kerry L. T.; Robinson, Elizabeth J.; Rowley, Martin G. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
Children's well-documented tendency to behave as if they know more than they do about uncertain events is reduced under two conditions: when the outcome of a chance event has yet to be determined and when one unknown outcome has occurred but is difficult to imagine. In Experiment 1, in line with published findings, 5- and 6-year-olds (N=61)…
Descriptors: Object Permanence, Experimental Psychology, Student Behavior, Identification
Beck, Sarah R.; Apperly, Ian A.; Chappell, Jackie; Guthrie, Carlie; Cutting, Nicola – Cognition, 2011
Tool making evidences intelligent, flexible thinking. In Experiment 1, we confirmed that 4- to 7-year-olds chose a hook tool to retrieve a bucket from a tube. In Experiment 2, 3- to 5-year-olds consistently failed to innovate a simple hook tool. Eight-year-olds performed at mature levels. In contrast, making a tool following demonstration was easy…
Descriptors: Experiments, Children, Thinking Skills, Age Differences
