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Peer reviewedHarris, Paul L.; And Others – Cognition, 1996
Children ages 3 to 5 years old are observed in a series of 3 experiments assessing their use of counterfactual thinking in causal reasoning. Results suggest that young children readily interpret the cause of an outcome in terms of a contrast between the observed sequence of events, and a counterfactual alternative in which the outcome did not…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedRosengren, Karl S.; Hickling, Anne K. – Child Development, 1994
Children's magical explanations and beliefs were investigated in two studies. Found that many four-year olds view magic as a plausible mechanism, yet reserve magical explanations for certain real world events that violate their causal expectations. Parents and culture at large may at first actively support magical beliefs whereas peers and schools…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attribution Theory, Beliefs, Child Development
