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ERIC Number: EJ631453
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
Children's Ability To Make Tentative Interpretations of Ambiguous Messages.
Beck, Sarah R.; Robinson, Elizabeth J.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v79 n1 p95-114 May 2001
Three experiments examined 5- to 8-year-olds' ability to make tentative interpretations of ambiguous messages. It was concluded that although 5- and 6-year-olds' interpretations of ambiguous messages were not tentative at the outset, they were able to use source monitoring skills to treat them as tentative retrospectively, at least over short time spans. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Ambiguity, Children, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Performance Factors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Procedural Knowledge; Reality Monitoring