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Lane, Jonathan D.; Evans, E. Margaret; Brink, Kimberly A.; Wellman, Henry M. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
We examine how understandings of ordinary and extraordinary communication develop. Three- to 10-year-old children and adults (N = 183) were given scenarios in which a protagonist wanted help from a human (their parent) or from God. Scenarios varied in whether protagonists expressed their desires aloud (by asking) or silently (by hoping), whether…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Children, Adults, Age Differences