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ERIC Number: EJ176129
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Similarity as a Principle of Causal Inference
Shultz, Thomas R.; Ravinsky, Frances B.
Child Development, 48, 4, 1552-8, Dec 77
This study examined the general importance of similarity in children's causal reasoning and the relation between similarity and the other principles of causal inference. Participants were 16 boys and 16 girls at each of four grade levels: K, 2, 4, and 6. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Fundamental Concepts, Research
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Identifiers: Causality