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Preschoolers refer to direct and indirect evidence in their collaborative reasoning.

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Köymen, B; Jurkat, S; Tomasello, M
Published in: Journal of experimental child psychology
May 2020

Collaborative reasoning requires partners to evaluate options and the evidence for or against each option. We investigated whether preschoolers can explain why one option is best (direct reasons) and why the other option is not (indirect reasons), looking at both problems that have a correct answer and those that require choosing the better option. In Study 1, both age groups produced direct reasons equally frequently in both problems. However, 5-year-olds produced indirect reasons more often than 3-year-olds, especially when there was a correct answer. In Study 2 with a nonverbal task with a correct answer, 3-year-olds produced indirect reasons more often than in Study 1, although 5-year-olds' indirect reasons were more efficiently stated. These results demonstrate that even 3-year-olds, and even nonverbally, can point out to a partner a fact that constitutes a reason for them to arrive at a correct joint decision.

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Journal of experimental child psychology

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EISSN

1096-0457

ISSN

0022-0965

Publication Date

May 2020

Volume

193

Start / End Page

104806

Related Subject Headings

  • Thinking
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child Development
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
 

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Köymen, B., Jurkat, S., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Preschoolers refer to direct and indirect evidence in their collaborative reasoning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 193, 104806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104806
Köymen, Bahar, Solveig Jurkat, and Michael Tomasello. “Preschoolers refer to direct and indirect evidence in their collaborative reasoning.Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 193 (May 2020): 104806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104806.
Köymen B, Jurkat S, Tomasello M. Preschoolers refer to direct and indirect evidence in their collaborative reasoning. Journal of experimental child psychology. 2020 May;193:104806.
Köymen, Bahar, et al. “Preschoolers refer to direct and indirect evidence in their collaborative reasoning.Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, vol. 193, May 2020, p. 104806. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104806.
Köymen B, Jurkat S, Tomasello M. Preschoolers refer to direct and indirect evidence in their collaborative reasoning. Journal of experimental child psychology. 2020 May;193:104806.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of experimental child psychology

DOI

EISSN

1096-0457

ISSN

0022-0965

Publication Date

May 2020

Volume

193

Start / End Page

104806

Related Subject Headings

  • Thinking
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child Development
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology