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Direct linkSeiver, Elizabeth; Gopnik, Alison; Goodman, Noah D. – Child Development, 2013
Children rely on both evidence and prior knowledge to make physical causal inferences; this study explores whether they make attributions about others' behavior in the same manner. A total of one hundred and fifty-nine 4- and 6-year-olds saw 2 dolls interacting with 2 activities, and explained the dolls' actions. In the person condition, each doll…
Descriptors: Inferences, Prior Learning, Attribution Theory, Toys
Peer reviewedSchlottmann, Anne – Child Development, 2001
Examined how 6- to 9-year-olds and adults judged expected value of complex gambles in which alternative outcomes had different prizes. Found that participants at all ages used multiplication rule for integrating probability and value of each individual outcome, and based judgment of overall expected value on alternative outcomes. Even youngest…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
