Relating developments in children's counterfactual thinking and executive functions
The performance of 93 children aged 3 and 4 years on a battery of different counterfactual
tasks was assessed. Three measures: short causal chains, location change counterfactual
conditionals, and false syllogisms—but not a fourth, long causal chains—were correlated,
even after controlling for age and receptive vocabulary. Children's performance on our
counterfactual thinking measure was predicted by receptive vocabulary ability and inhibitory
control. The role that domain general executive functions may play in 3-to 4-year olds' …
tasks was assessed. Three measures: short causal chains, location change counterfactual
conditionals, and false syllogisms—but not a fourth, long causal chains—were correlated,
even after controlling for age and receptive vocabulary. Children's performance on our
counterfactual thinking measure was predicted by receptive vocabulary ability and inhibitory
control. The role that domain general executive functions may play in 3-to 4-year olds' …
Relating developments in children's counterfactual thinking and executive functions
SL Gorniak, KJ Riggs, SR Beck - 2009 - philpapers.org
The performance of 93 children aged 3 and 4 years on a battery of different counterfactual
tasks was assessed. Three measures: short causal chains, location change counterfactual
conditionals, and false syllogisms—but not a fourth, long causal chains—were correlated,
even after controlling for age and receptive vocabulary. Children's performance on our
counterfactual thinking measure was predicted by receptive vocabulary ability and inhibitory
control. The role that domain general executive functions may play in 3-to 4-year olds' …
tasks was assessed. Three measures: short causal chains, location change counterfactual
conditionals, and false syllogisms—but not a fourth, long causal chains—were correlated,
even after controlling for age and receptive vocabulary. Children's performance on our
counterfactual thinking measure was predicted by receptive vocabulary ability and inhibitory
control. The role that domain general executive functions may play in 3-to 4-year olds' …
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