Movement and Children's Attributions of Life Properties.

Poulin-Dubois, Diane; Heroux, Gisele

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ERIC Number: EJ496688

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Movement and Children's Attributions of Life Properties.

Poulin-Dubois, Diane; Heroux, Gisele

International Journal of Behavioral Development, v17 n2 p329-47 Jun 1994

Examined whether children were likely to associate animate-type or inanimate-type of movement with living objects and whether this judgment varies with age. Children and adults participated in the study. Findings suggest that both knowledge about different life properties and overattribution are characteristic of the preschool period. (BAC)

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Association (Psychology), Biology, Developmental Stages, Motion, Preschool Education, Prior Learning, Schemata (Cognition), Young Children

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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