Exploring individual differences in preschoolers’ causal stance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9788682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aubry Alvarez, Aubry L Alvarez (corresponding author), Amy E Booth (0000-0002-4832-558X, The University of Texas at Austin) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 411-422 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/dev0000085 |
| PMID | 26689761 |
| OpenAlex | W2465984046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Preschoolers, as a group, are highly attuned to causality, and this attunement is known to facilitate memory, learning, and problem solving. However, recent work reveals substantial individual variability in the strength of children's "causal stance," as demonstrated by their curiosity about and preference for new causal information. In this study, we explored the coherence and short-term stability of individual differences in children's causal stance. We also began to investigate the origins of this variability, focusing particularly on the potential role of mothers' explanatory talk in shaping the causal stance of their children. Two measures of causal stance correlated with each other, as well as themselves across time. Both also revealed internal consistency of response. The strength of children's causal stance also correlated with mother's responses on the same tasks and the frequency with which mothers emphasized causality during naturalistic joint activities with their children. Implications for theory and practice are discussed
Attunement · Causal model · Causal reasoning · Causal structure · Causality (physics · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy · Consistency (knowledge bases · Curiosity · Developmental psychology · Preference · Child and Animal Learning Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |