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ERIC Number: EJ503717
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Acquiring a Naive Theory of Kinship through Inference.
Springer, Ken
Child Development, v66 n2 p547-58 Apr 1995
Two experiments studied how preschool children acquire a naive theory of kinship (NTK). Overall, results implicate a type of theory building that involves inferences from preexisting knowledge rather than structural change, use of analogy, or acquisition of new knowledge. (DR)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Family Relationship, Family Structure, Inferences, Kinship, Kinship Terminology, Preschool Children, Prior Learning
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Analogies; Factual Perception