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ERIC Number: EJ496726
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Seeing Is Believing: Children's Explanations of Commonplace, Magical, and Extraordinary Transformations.
Rosengren, Karl S.; Hickling, Anne K.
Child Development, v65 n6 p1605-26 Dec 1994
Children's magical explanations and beliefs were investigated in two studies. Found that many four-year olds view magic as a plausible mechanism, yet reserve magical explanations for certain real world events that violate their causal expectations. Parents and culture at large may at first actively support magical beliefs whereas peers and schools are left to debunk such childhood myths. (AA)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attribution Theory, Beliefs, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Imagination, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Misconceptions, Preschool Children
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Magic