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The Contribution of Symbolic Skills to the Development of an Explicit Theory of Mind by Lillard, Angeline S., Kavanaugh, Robert D.

“…Theorists have speculated about the symbolic underpinnings of theory of mind (ToM), but no study has examined them across the main developmental span of ToM…”
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Imagining the Outcome of Pretend Transformations: Assessing the Competence of Normal Children and Children With Autism by Kavanaugh, Robert D, Harris, Paul L

“…Children's grasp of make-believe transformations was studied. In Experiment 1, children saw an adult enact a pretend change (e.g., sprinkling pretend talcum…”
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Young Children's Comprehension of Pretend Episodes: The Integration of Successive Actions by Harris, Paul L., Kavanaugh, Robert D., Meredith, Melina C.

“…In 3 experiments, children's comprehension of successive pretend actions was examined. In Experiment 1, children (25–38 months) watched 2 linked actions (e.g.,…”
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The depiction of imaginary transformations: Early comprehension of a symbolic function by Harris, Paul L., Kavanaugh, Robert D., Dowson, Laura

“…Children were tested for their ability to imagine a pretend transformation and select a representation of its outcome. In Experiment 1, children aged 2 years…”
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Young Children's Comprehension of Pretend Episodes: The Integration of Successive Actions by Harris, Paul L., Kavanaugh, Robert D., Meredith, Melina C.

“…In 3 experiments, children's comprehension of successive pretend actions was examined. In Experiment 1, children (25-38 months) watched 2 linked actions (e…”
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Young Children's Understanding of Pretense Expressions of Independent Agency by Kavanaugh, Robert D, Eizenman, Dara R, Harris, Paul L

“…Two-year-old children were required to use nonliteral words or actions to complete scenarios in which a doll acted as the agent of a series of make-believe…”
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THE RIGHT ATTITUDE? by Harris, Paul L., Kavanaugh, Robert D.

“…This response to the commentary on the research reported in this monograph discusses children's understanding of pretending adults' attitudes to pretend…”
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On the Synonymity of "More" and "Less": Comments on a Methodology by Kavanaugh, Robert D.

“…Preschool children were tested for their understanding of the words more and less in 2 conditions. One, a comprehension condition, was a replication of…”
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Parental Speech to Young Children: A Longitudinal Analysis by Kavanaugh, Robert D., Jirkovsky, Ann M.

“…A longitudinal analysis of mothers' and fathers' input language was conducted during the period in which four first-born children progressed from zero words in…”
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DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN'S COMPREHENSION OF COMPARATIVE SENTENCES by Kavanaugh, Robert D.

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Young Children's Understanding of Pretense by Harris, Paul L., Kavanaugh, Robert D., Wellman, Henry M., Hickling, Anne K.

“…Children's understanding of adult pretense was assessed in seven experiments. By the age of 28 months, children are able to understand when an adult refers to…”
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Observations on the role of logically constrained sentences in the comprehension of 'before' and 'after' by Kavanaugh, R D

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Mothers' use of fantasy in speech to young children by Kavanaugh, R D, Whittington, S, Cerbone, M J

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Inducing formal thought in introductory chemistry students by Kavanaugh, Robert D, Moomaw, William R

“…The purpose of this article is to comment on two basic questions arising from previous work: (a) should chemistry instruction begin at the concrete level as…”
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Imitation of Live and Televised Models by Children One to Three Years of Age by McCall, Robert B., Parke, Ross D., Kavanaugh, Robert D., Engstrom, Robert, Russell, Judy, Wycoff, Elizabeth

“…The results of these studies indicated that children younger than 1 year possess the cognitive capability of translating a perception of a novel action into…”
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Parameters of Children's Sensitivity to Painting Styles by DePorter, Deborah A., Kavanaugh, Robert D.

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Intratest and Sex Differences on a Portable Rod-and-Frame Test by Morf, Martin E., Kavanaugh, Robert D., Conville, Marc Mc

“…Portable Rod-and-frame Test (RFT) scores and the Jackson Personality Inventory (JPI) scale scores were obtained for 41 male and 41 female college students. Two…”
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Causal reasoning in young children by Harris, Paul L., Kavanaugh, Robert D.

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Pretending and Imagination in Animals and Children by Mitchell, Robert W

“…It is well known that children's activities are full of pretending and imagination, but it is less appreciated that animals can also show similar activities…”
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YOUNG CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDING OF PRETENSE: "WITH COMMENTARY BY" Henry M. Wellman and Anne K. Hickling "AND A REPLY BY THE AUTHORS" by Harris, Paul L, Kavanaugh, Robert D

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