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ERIC Number: EJ305783
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Children's Knowledge about Animates and Inanimates.
Dolgin, Kim G.; Behrend, Douglas A.
Child Development, v55 n4 p1646-50 Aug 1984
A total of 12 three, four, five, seven, and nine year olds and 12 adult control subjects were asked 20 questions about two exemplars of each of 16 categories of animate beings and inanimate objects. Children's responses indicated that animism is not a pervasive phenomenon and does not appear to be the most primitive mode of conceptualization. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Animism