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Peer reviewedLutz, Donna J.; Keil, Frank C. – Child Development, 2002
Two studies with 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds examined whether young children can differentiate expertise in the minds of others. Findings indicated that all children could correctly attribute observable knowledge to familiar experts, such as a car mechanic. Preschoolers had difficulty making attribution of knowledge of scientific principles to…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Knowledge Level, Metacognition
Peer reviewedFlavell, John H.; Green, Frances L.; Flavell, Eleanor R.; Lin, Nancy T. – Child Development, 1999
Interviewed 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-, and 10-year olds, and adults regarding their knowledge about primary-consciousness, reflective-consciousness, and control activities. Found that the recognition that people do not engage in conscious mental activities when unconscious is still developing during the late middle-childhood years. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
