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Peer reviewedSamuels, Mark C.; McDonald, John – Child Development, 2002
Two experiments compared 10-year-olds' and adults' ability to choose positive and negative diagnostic tests over positive and negative nondiagnostic tests. Findings indicated that both age groups were more likely to prefer positive diagnostic tests over positive nondiagnostic tests, although only adults showed a significant preference for negative…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attitudes, Childhood Attitudes
