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Carni, Ellen – 1983
Two experiments were conducted to investigate how event representation might operate in preschool children's understanding of the temporal terms "before" and "after." The first study, involving 3- and 4-year-olds (a total of 16 of each age) varied the arbitrariness of event sequences. Sixteen stories, each containing five…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Context Effect
