TY  - GEN
AU  - Nancekivell, Shaylene E.
AU  - Friedman, Ori
SN  - 1467-8624
AU  - Nancekivell, Shaylene E.
AU  - Friedman, Ori
LA  - eng
CN  - ENP-6e00efac-0946-42c6-896b-b649f802af5f
TI  - Preschoolers selectively infer history when explaining outcomes: evidence from explanations of ownership, liking, and use
PY  - 2014
AB  - Two experiments provide evidence that preschoolers selectively infer history when explaining outcomes and infer past events that could have plausibly happened. In Experiment 1, thirty-three 3-year-olds and thirty-six 4-year-olds explained why a character owns or likes certain objects. In Experiment 2, thirty-four 4-year-olds and thirty-six 5-year-olds explained why a character either owns or is using the objects. Children aged 4 and 5years, but not 3years, inferred history when explaining ownership, but not when explaining liking or use. They also tailored their explanations to reflect likelihood, allowing them to infer plausible past events. These findings are informative about the development of children’s ability to infer history in their explanations and also suggest that preschoolers appreciate that ownership depends on past investment.
ER  -