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ERIC Number: EJ1142522
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jun
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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She Bought the Unicorn from the Pet Store: Six- to Seven-Year-Olds Are Strongly Inclined to Generate Natural Explanations
Nancekivell, Shaylene E.; Friedman, Ori
Developmental Psychology, v53 n6 p1079-1087 Jun 2017
In two experiments (N = 64), we told 6- to 7-year-olds about improbable or impossible outcomes (Experiment 1) and about impossible outcomes concerning ordinary or magical agents (Experiment 2). In both experiments, children claimed that the outcomes were impossible and could not happen, but nonetheless generated realistic and natural explanations for the outcomes. These findings show that 6- to 7-year-olds are strongly inclined to provide natural explanations. The findings are also informative about children's judgments about whether outcomes are possible, and further suggest that asymmetries between children's predictions and explanations may stem from differences in how these 2 forms of reasoning are constrained by possibility.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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