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ERIC Number: EJ569156
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Reasons and Causes: Children's Understanding of Conformity to Social Rules and Physical Laws.
Kalish, Charles
Child Development, v69 n3 p706-20 Jun 1998
Examined 3- to 5-year olds' justifications for conformity to physical laws and social rules. Found that children's justifications for social rule conformity involved consequences and permission/obligation, and for physical laws involved physical limitations or impossibility. Older preschoolers, but not 3-year olds, appreciated that social conformity depended on knowledge and intentions of actors, whereas physical conformity was independent of mental state. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development, Conformity, Preschool Children, Scientific Principles, Social Behavior
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Domain Knowledge; Domain Specific Thinking; Justification (Psychology); Social Conventions; Social Rules