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| ERIC #: | EJ740633 |
| Title: | Children's Ability to Impute Inferentially Based Knowledge |
| Authors: | Rai, Roshan; Mitchell, Peter |
| Descriptors: | Inferences; Cartoons; Young Children; Access to Information; Age Differences; Prediction; Knowledge Level; Logical Thinking; Thinking Skills |
| Source: | Child Development, v77 n4 p1081-1093 Jul-Aug 2006 |
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| Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8599; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: customerservices@blackwellpublishing.com; Web site: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/jnl_default.asp. |
| Publication Date: | 2006-00-00 |
| Pages: | 13 |
| Pub Types: | Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Abstract: | Do young children appreciate the importance of access to premises when judging what another person knows? In Experiment 1, 5-year-olds (N=31) were sensitive to another person's access to premises when predicting that person's ability to point to a target after eliminating alternatives in a set of 3 cartoon characters. Experiment 2 replicated the finding when 5- to 6-year-olds (N=102) judged who the other person thought the target was, and whether the other person knew who the target was. Experiment 3 demonstrated that children aged 57 years (N=107) more successfully imputed inference by elimination than syllogistical inferential knowledge. Findings suggest that an early understanding of inference by elimination offers a route into understanding that people can sometimes gain knowledge without direct perceptual access. |
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| Reference Count: | 22 |
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| ISSN: | ISSN-0009-3920 |
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| Languages: | English |
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