Young Children's Psychological, Physical, and Biological Explanations

Uses results of laboratory and natural language analyses of 2- to 4-year olds' explanations of human behavior to argue for a theory-type view of biological, psychological, and physical domains of thought. Concludes that children as young as 2 years show three different reasoning systems in thei...

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Published in:	New directions for child development no. 75; p. 7
Main Authors:	Wellman, Henry M, Hickling, Anne K, Schult, Carolyn A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 1997
Subjects:	Age Differences Awareness Behavior Biology Child Development Child, Preschool Cognitive Development Cognitive Processes Concept Formation Domain Specific Thinking Female Humans Individual Development Knowledge Acquisition Male Physical Phenomena Physics Preschool Children Preschool Education Problem Solving Psychology
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Summary:	Uses results of laboratory and natural language analyses of 2- to 4-year olds' explanations of human behavior to argue for a theory-type view of biological, psychological, and physical domains of thought. Concludes that children as young as 2 years show three different reasoning systems in their explanations of everyday phenomena, especially human behavior. (KB)
ISSN:	0195-2269
DOI:	10.1002/cd.23219977502