Contamination in Reasoning about False Belief: An Instance of Realist Bias in Adults but Not in Children.

Mitchell, P.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ524881

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Publication Date: 1996

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Contamination in Reasoning about False Belief: An Instance of Realist Bias in Adults but Not in Children.

Mitchell, P.; And Others

Cognition, v59 n1 p1-21 Apr 1996

Examined bias in reasoning in adults and in children, ages five through nine years, by presenting story or videotape true/false messages. Found that adults made judgments contaminated by their own background knowledge abut the believability of the message more frequently than did children. (ET)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development, Prior Learning, Schemata (Cognition), Thinking Skills, Young Children

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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