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ERIC Number: EJ301761
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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The Acquisition of Before and After Reconsidered: What Develops?
Carni, Ellen; French, Lucia A.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v37 n2 p394-403 Apr 1984
Studies three- and four-year-olds' answers to "before,""after," and "when"questions referring to pictured event sequences having invariant or arbitary real-world temporal orders. Results indicated the development of the ability to coordinate lexical knowledge with cognitive demands associated with responding to questions referring to arbitrary sequences. (Author/CI)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Pictorial Stimuli, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Recall (Psychology), Story Telling
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Relational Concepts