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Robinson, E. J.; Mitchell, P. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1990
Reports on five experiments regarding the ability of children ranging from four to seven years of age to decide when they did not have enough information to select an unfamiliar named picture. Concludes that avoidance of the undecidable was the result of the children's difficulty in understanding undecidability. (GH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Evaluative Thinking