The Development of Bases for Trait Attribution: Children's Understanding of Traits as Causal Mechanisms Based on Desire.

Yuill, Nicola; Pearson, Anna

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Publication Date: 1998

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The Development of Bases for Trait Attribution: Children's Understanding of Traits as Causal Mechanisms Based on Desire.

Yuill, Nicola; Pearson, Anna

Developmental Psychology, v34 n3 p574-86 May 1998

Two studies investigated 4- to 7-year-olds' understanding that trait can be causal mechanisms based on desires or mere summaries of behavioral regularities. Results suggested that children change from viewing traits as behavioral regularities to understanding them as internal mediators and that advances in understanding desire underlie this change. (Author)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Beliefs, Causal Models, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Cross Sectional Studies, Emotional Response, Personality Traits, Social Cognition

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Language: English

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