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Peer reviewedMitchell, P.; And Others – Cognition, 1996
Examined bias in reasoning in adults and in children, ages five through nine years, by presenting story or videotape true/false messages. Found that adults made judgments contaminated by their own background knowledge abut the believability of the message more frequently than did children. (ET)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development
