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Peer reviewedDrozdal, John G., Jr.; Flavell, John H. – Child Development, 1975
This study investigated the development of the concept of a critical search area by means of an action sequence in which a cartoon character loses his toy while walking through his house. The results showed that it is not until ages 7 or 8 that children readily make the inference that the critical area is the only plausible place to search for the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Developmental Psychology, Elementary Education
