Exploring Individual Differences in Preschoolers' Causal Stance.
Preschoolers, as a group, are highly attuned to causality, and this attunement is known to facilitate memory, learning, and problem solving. However, recent work reveals substantial individual variability in the strength of children's "causal stance," as demonstrated by their curiosity about and pre...
| Published in: | Developmental Psychology Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 411 - 423 |
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American Psychological Association
Mar2016
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