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ERIC Number: EJ308875
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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The Effects of Task Requirements on Children's Life Judgments.
Richards, D. Dean; Siegler, Robert S.
Child Development, v55 n5 p1687-96 Oct 1984
By varying task requirements within a common procedural framework, four experiments established conditions under which children exhibit different understandings of life. Overall, results suggested that even four- and five-year-olds know that people and other animals are alive and that almost all "inanimate objects" are not. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, College Students, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Motion, Performance Factors, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Life (Concept)