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ERIC Number: EJ565571
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Race, Causality, and the Attribution of Theory-Like Understanding: A Reply to Kim.
Hirschfeld, Lawrence A.
Cognition, v64 n3 p349-352 Sep 1997
Responds to John J. Kim's critique of his studies of preschoolers' understanding of race. Maintains that his and others' investigations demonstrate that preschoolers differentiate the pattern of causal reasoning governing transmission and maintenance of racial characteristics from that governing transmission and maintenance of perceptually similar properties. Suggests that task memory demands and the type of characteristics contribute to young children's performance. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Causal Models, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Performance Factors, Racial Attitudes, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Causality Approach; Domain Specific Thinking
Note: Responds to Kim's commentary, PS 527 919.