The inherence heuristic across development: Systematic differences between children's and adults' explanations for everyday facts

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 130-154

  Cimpian, Andrei ^a   Steinberg, Olivia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Development; Explanation; Inherence heuristic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84910090172     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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