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ERIC Number: EJ603918
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
On the Importance of Comparative Research: The Case of Folkbiology.
Coley, John D.
Child Development, v71 n1 p82-90 Jan-Feb 2000
Examines research in folkbiology (commonsense understandings of plants and animals) to argue that several lines of comparative research are needed to understand the acquisition of folkbiology in particular and conceptual development in general. Asserts that comparisons are needed between children and adults within a given society, between adult endstates in different contexts, and among children developing in different contexts. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adults, Biology, Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Context Effect, Cultural Influences, Folk Culture, Research Needs
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cultural Universals
Note: Special Theme Issue: "New Directions for Child Development in the Twenty-First Century."