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Schlottmann, Anne; Allen, Deborah; Linderoth, Carina; Hesketh, Sarah – Child Development, 2002
Three experiments examined development of perceptual causality in 3- to 9-year-olds. Findings indicated that participants of all ages assigned contact events (A moves toward B, which moves upon contact) to the physical domain and non-contact events (B moves before contact) to the psychological domain. Participants chose causality more often for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Causal Models, Children, Cognitive Development