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ERIC Number: EJ337891
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Development of Referential Communication: Deciding That a Message Is Uninformative.
Sonnenschein, Susan
Developmental Psychology, v22 n2 p164-68 Mar 1986
Describes two experiments comparing how children evaluate three types of uninformative messages (ambiguous, incomplete, inconsistent) and whether and why the speaker's age affects the evaluation of each. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Ambiguity, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Evaluative Thinking, Grade 1, Grade 4, Knowledge Level, Listening Comprehension, Speech Communication
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Age Bias