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ERIC Number: EJ252636
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Sep
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A Review of Children's Use of Causal Inference Principles.
Sedlak, Andrea J.; Kurtz, Susan T.
Child Development, v52 n3 p759-84 Sep 1981
Examines cues which guide the discovery of simple cause-effect relations, beginning with the properties (suggested by Hume) of temporal precedence, covariation and contiguity; explores variables which can influence simple causal judgments; and discusses developmental evidence regarding inference principles associated with causal schemata. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Context Clues, Developmental Stages, Literature Reviews, Logical Thinking
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Causal Inferences; Inference Skills; Schema Theory