Children's Understandings of the Attributes of Life.

Richards, D. Dean; Siegler, Robert S.

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ERIC Number: EJ337985

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Children's Understandings of the Attributes of Life.

Richards, D. Dean; Siegler, Robert S.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v42 n1 p1-22 Aug 1986

Describes three experiments that examined how children (4- to 11-year-olds) use their knowledge of the attributes of living things to infer whether particular objects are alive. (HOD)

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Biological Sciences, Children, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Inferences, Motion

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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