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Narges Afshordi; Pearl Han Li; Melissa Koenig – Developmental Psychology, 2024
As adults, we might understand that beliefs often spread because people are strongly influenced by their friends, family, and other social connections. However, do we think those influences are strong enough to overrule direct evidence of a friend's unreliability? And do preschoolers expect people to show such biases toward friends and to…
Descriptors: Adults, Preschool Children, Friendship, Trust (Psychology)
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Pi-Hun Yang; Chung-Yuan Hsu; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Gwo-Haur Hwang; Min-Ai Yang – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
The complexity of gear concepts, often misunderstood by young children, highlights the need for educational frameworks beyond simple play. To examine the effects of using the prediction, observation, and explanation (POE) model in building block activities, a true experimental design was implemented. A total of 49 preschoolers were randomly…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Play, Science Education
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Samantha Bergmann; Tiffany Kodak – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2024
Parity is one source of automatic reinforcement that increases the probability of verbal behavior that conforms to models provided by the verbal community. Parity as a conditioned reinforcer could explain the acquisition of grammar in the absence of direct, explicit reinforcement. This possibility has been explored in previous research on…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Verbal Development, Responses