"Because It's Hers": When Preschoolers Use Ownership in Their Explanations. (3rd March 2016)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- "Because It's Hers": When Preschoolers Use Ownership in Their Explanations. (3rd March 2016)
- Main Title:
- "Because It's Hers": When Preschoolers Use Ownership in Their Explanations
- Authors:
- Nancekivell, Shaylene E.
Friedman, Ori - Abstract:
- Abstract: Young children show competence in reasoning about how ownership affects object use. In the present experiments, we investigate how influential ownership is for young children by examining their explanations. In three experiments, we asked 3‐ to 5‐year‐olds ( N = 323) to explain why it was acceptable (Experiments 1–3) or unacceptable (Experiment 2 and 3) for a person to use an object. In Experiments 1 and 2, older preschoolers referenced ownership more than alternative considerations when explaining why it was acceptable or unacceptable for a person to use an object, even though ownership was not mentioned to them. In Experiment 3, ownership was mentioned to children. Here, younger preschoolers frequently referenced ownership when explaining unacceptability of using an object, but not when explaining why using it was acceptable. These findings suggest that ownership is influential in preschoolers' explanations about the acceptability of using objects, but that the scope of its influence increases with age.
- Is Part Of:
- Cognitive science. Volume 41:Number 3(2017)
- Journal:
- Cognitive science
- Issue:
- Volume 41:Number 3(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 41, Issue 3 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 41
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0041-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 827
- Page End:
- 843
- Publication Date:
- 2016-03-03
- Subjects:
- Ownership -- Explanations -- Conceptual development -- Concepts
Cognition -- Periodicals
Psycholinguistics -- Periodicals
Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03640213 ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/cogs.12358 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0364-0213
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