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Nguyen, Simone P.; Girgis, Helana; Knopp, Jamie – Infant and Child Development, 2019
The present studies (N = 159) investigated children's and adults' preferences for label and property conjunctions for cross-classifiable toys. In Study 1, 4-year-olds, 5-year-olds, and adults participated in a labelling and property attribution task involving experimental toys that belong to two categories and control toys that belong to only one…
Descriptors: Toys, Classification, Preferences, Preschool Children
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Kegel, Cornelia A. T.; Bus, Adriana G. – Infant and Child Development, 2014
Children showing poor executive functioning may not fully benefit from learning experiences at home and school and may lag behind in literacy skills. This hypothesis was tested in a sample of 276 kindergarten children. Executive functions and literacy skills were tested at about 61?months and again a year later. In line with earlier studies,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Attribution Theory, Alphabets, Executive Function
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Pillow, Bradford H.; Lovett, Suzanne B.; Hill, Valerie – Infant and Child Development, 2008
This study investigated children's, adolescents', and adults' references to an actor's goals when explaining interpersonal actions. Participants were presented with eight brief stories containing a variety of social events and were asked to explain why the actor in each story performed the central action. Children, adolescents, and adults…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Adults, Objectives