dc.contributor.author |
Erb, Christopher D |
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dc.contributor.author |
Sobel, David M |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
United States |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-08-12T23:09:20Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-08-12T23:09:20Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014-1 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
PloS one 9(3):e92285 Jan 2014 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1932-6203 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/2292/55990 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The present investigation examines the development of children's diagnostic reasoning abilities when such inferences involve belief revision about uncertain potential causes. Four- to 7-year-olds observed an event occur that was due to one of four potential causes. Some of those potential causes were revealed to be efficacious; others were revealed to be inefficacious, but there was always one potential cause presented with unknown efficacy. While all children could make appropriate predictive inferences about this situation, 4- and 5-year-olds were less capable of making correct diagnostic inferences about the cause of the event under these circumstances than older children. We discuss possible mechanisms for this development, as well as speculate on the relation between these findings and literature in children's scientific reasoning. |
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dc.format.medium |
Electronic-eCollection |
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dc.language |
eng |
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dc.publisher |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
PloS one |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.subject |
Humans |
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dc.subject |
Uncertainty |
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dc.subject |
Cognition |
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dc.subject |
Problem Solving |
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dc.subject |
Child |
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dc.subject |
Child, Preschool |
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dc.subject |
Female |
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dc.subject |
Male |
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dc.subject |
Child |
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dc.subject |
Child, Preschool |
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dc.subject |
Cognition |
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dc.subject |
Female |
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dc.subject |
Humans |
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dc.subject |
Male |
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dc.subject |
Problem Solving |
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dc.subject |
Uncertainty |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology |
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dc.subject |
Multidisciplinary Sciences |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology - Other Topics |
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dc.subject |
YOUNG-CHILDREN |
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dc.subject |
EXPLORATORY PLAY |
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dc.subject |
CAUSAL |
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dc.subject |
PRESCHOOLERS |
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dc.subject |
KNOWLEDGE |
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dc.subject |
SCIENCE |
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dc.subject |
PROBABILITY |
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dc.subject |
ACQUISITION |
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dc.subject |
EXPLANATION |
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dc.subject |
INFERENCES |
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dc.subject |
1701 Psychology |
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dc.subject |
Clinical Medicine and Science |
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dc.subject |
Pediatric |
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dc.title |
The development of diagnostic reasoning about uncertain events between ages 4-7. |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1371/journal.pone.0092285 |
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pubs.issue |
3 |
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pubs.begin-page |
e92285 |
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pubs.volume |
9 |
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dc.date.updated |
2021-07-08T01:33:55Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
en |
pubs.author-url |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24651366 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
en |
pubs.subtype |
research-article |
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pubs.subtype |
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
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pubs.subtype |
Journal Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
767831 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1932-6203 |
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dc.identifier.pii |
PONE-D-13-38785 |
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pubs.number |
ARTN e92285 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2014-3-20 |
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