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Luke McGuire; Tina Bagus; Alexander G. Carter; Emma Fry; Nadira S. Faber – Child Development, 2025
The present study examined the justifications used by children, adolescents, and adults to justify eating animals. Children (n = 100, M[superscript age] = 9.82, SD = 0.77, female n = 49) as compared to adolescents (n = 76, M[superscript age] = 14.0, SD = 1.62, female n = 36) and adults (n = 113, M[superscript age] = 44.1, SD = 14.4, female n = 54)…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Childrens Attitudes, Eating Habits, Animals
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Amanda C. Brandone; Wyntre Stout – Child Development, 2024
As they learn to navigate the social world, children construct frameworks to interpret others' behavior. The present studies examined two such frameworks: a mentalistic framework, which construes behavior as driven by internal mental states; and a normative framework, which presumes people act in accordance with social norms. Participants included…
Descriptors: Children, Adults, Behavior Theories, Childrens Attitudes