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Jipson, Jennifer L.; Gelman, Susan A. – Child Development, 2007
This study tests the firm distinction children are said to make between living and nonliving kinds. Three, 4-, and 5-year-old children and adults reasoned about whether items that varied on 3 dimensions (alive, face, behavior) had a range of properties (biological, psychological, perceptual, artifact, novel, proper names). Findings demonstrate…
Descriptors: Inferences, Differences, Young Children, Adults