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Direct linkGiles, Jessica W.; Heyman, Gail D. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2004
Three studies (N = 171) examined preschool children's tendency to use category information to make inferences about ambiguous behavior. Children heard stories in which category information about story characters was manipulated and behavioral information was held constant. Participants were asked to evaluate, explain, and determine the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Inferences, Classification, Computer Assisted Testing
