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ERIC Number: EJ337985
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Children's Understandings of the Attributes of Life.
Richards, D. Dean; Siegler, Robert S.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v42 n1 p1-22 Aug 1986
Describes three experiments that examined how children (4- to 11-year-olds) use their knowledge of the attributes of living things to infer whether particular objects are alive. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Biological Sciences, Children, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Inferences, Motion
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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