Causal Learning Mechanisms in Very Young Children: Two-, Three-, and Four-Year-Olds Infer Causal Relations from Patterns of Variation and Covariation.

Gopnik, Alison; Sobel, David M.; Schulz, Laura E.; Glymour, Clark

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ERIC Number: EJ639752

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Publication Date: 2001

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Causal Learning Mechanisms in Very Young Children: Two-, Three-, and Four-Year-Olds Infer Causal Relations from Patterns of Variation and Covariation.

Gopnik, Alison; Sobel, David M.; Schulz, Laura E.; Glymour, Clark

Developmental Psychology, v37 n5 p620-29 Sep 2001

Investigated in 3 studies whether 2- to 4-year-olds make accurate causal inferences on the basis of patterns of variation and covariation. Found that all three age groups considered information from various patterns of variation and covariation in judgments regarding two objects and activation of a machine. Three- and 4-year-olds used the information when asked to make the machine stop. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Inferences, Learning Processes, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Toddlers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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