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Direct linkByers-Heinlein, Krista; Garcia, Bianca – Developmental Science, 2015
Young children engage in essentialist reasoning about natural kinds, believing that many traits are innately determined. This study investigated whether personal experience with second language acquisition could alter children's essentialist biases. In a switched-at-birth paradigm, 5- and 6-year-old monolingual and simultaneous bilingual…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Childhood Attitudes, Bilingualism, Young Children
