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Direct linkGoulding, Brandon W.; Stonehouse, Emily Elizabeth; Friedman, Ori – Child Development, 2022
Children often say that strange and improbable events, like eating pickle-flavored ice cream, are impossible. Two experiments explored whether these beliefs are explained by limits in children's causal knowledge. Participants were 423 predominantly White Canadian 4- to 7-year-olds (44% female) tested in 2020-2021. Providing children with causal…
Descriptors: Young Children, Knowledge Level, Attribution Theory, Influences
