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ERIC Number: EJ300135
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Children's Uncertainty about the Interpretation of Ambiguous Messages.
Robinson, E. J.; Robinson, W. P.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v36 n1 p81-96 Aug 1983
Investigates the ability of 63 children between five and six years of age to interpret ambiguous messages. Three studies were made into the relationship between children's uncertainty about the correctness of their interpretation of an ambiguous message and their judgment of the quality of that message. (Author/CI)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Foreign Countries, Interpretive Skills, Young Children
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Uncertainty