The development of reasoning about the temporal and causal relations among past, present, and future events
2015 | journal article
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The development of reasoning about the temporal and causal relations among past, present, and future events
Lohse, K. ; Kalitschke, T. ; Ruthmann, K. & Rakoczy, H. (2015)
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 138 pp. 54-70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.04.008
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- Lohse, Karoline ; Kalitschke, Theresa ; Ruthmann, Katja ; Rakoczy, Hannes
- Abstract
- Children's capacity to reason about temporal and causal relations among past, present, and future events was investigated. In two studies, 4- and 6-year-olds (N=160) received structurally analogous search and planning tasks that required retrospective or prospective temporal-causal reasoning, respectively. The search task was compared with a closely matched control task that did not require temporal-causal reasoning. Results revealed that (a) both age groups solved the control task, (b) 6-year-olds mastered both retrospective and prospective tasks, and (c) 4-year-olds showed limited competence in both retrospective and prospective tasks. The current study, thus, suggests that flexible temporal-causal reasoning develops in parallel for past- and future-directed reasoning, is qualitatively different from simpler forms of temporal cognition, and develops during the late preschool years.
- Issue Date
- 2015
- Journal
- Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
- ISSN
- 0022-0965
- Language
- English