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Andrew Shtulman; Brandon Goulding; Ori Friedman – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Young children tend to deny the possibility of events that violate their expectations, including events that are merely improbable, like making onion-flavored ice cream or owning a crocodile as a pet. Could this tendency be countered by teaching children more valid strategies for judging possibility? We explored this question by training children…
Descriptors: Children, Thinking Skills, Evaluative Thinking, Age Differences