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ERIC Number: EJ558639
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-2269
Young Children's Psychological, Physical, and Biological Explanations.
Wellman, Henry M.; Hickling, Anne K.; Schult, Carolyn A.
New Directions for Child Development, n75 p7-25 Spr 1997
Uses results of laboratory and natural language analyses of 2- to 4-year olds' explanations of human behavior to argue for a theory-type view of biological, psychological, and physical domains of thought. Concludes that children as young as 2 years show three different reasoning systems in their explanations of everyday phenomena, especially human behavior. (KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior, Biology, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Individual Development, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Psychology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Domain Specific Thinking; Knowledge Acquisition
Note: Theme issue: "The Emergence of Core Domains of Thought: Children's Reasoning about Physical, Psychological, and Biological Phenomena."