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Peer reviewedMitchell, P.; Robinson, E. J. – Child Development, 1994
Three experiments tested four- to seven-year olds' ability to understand and reconcile message-desire discrepant stories. The findings suggest that young children can refrain from a performative response and, as a consequence, attend to literal meaning under some conditions when evaluating utterances. (MDM)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Evaluation
