Robinson, E.J., Rowley, M.G., Beck, S.R. et al. (2 more authors) (2006) Children's sensitivity to their own relative ignorance: Handling of possibilities under conditions of epistemic and physical uncertainty. Child Development, 77 (6). pp. 1642-1655. ISSN 1467-8624
Abstract
Children more frequently specified possibilities correctly when uncertainty resided in the physical world (physical uncertainty) than in their own perspective of ignorance (epistemic uncertainty). In Experiment 1 (N=61), 4- to 6-year-olds marked both doors from which a block might emerge when the outcome was undetermined, but a single door when they knew the block was hidden behind one door. In Experiments 2 (N=30; 5- to 6-year-olds) and 3 (N=80; 5- to 8-year-olds), children placed food in both possible locations when an imaginary pet was yet to occupy one, but in a single location when the pet was already hidden in one. The results have implications for interpretive theory of mind and "curse of knowledge."
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2006 by the Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Daniel J. Carroll |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2007 |
Last Modified: | 05 Aug 2007 18:23 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00964.x |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing - Published on behalf of the Society for Research in Child Development |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00964.x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:1814 |