Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10452429 | Cognitive Psychology | 2012 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We look how evidence and prior beliefs effect exploration, explanation and learning. ⺠We tested children with differential prior beliefs about balance relationships. ⺠Identical evidence was explored differently depending on children's prior beliefs. ⺠Children appealed to auxiliary variables to explain belief-violations. ⺠Children revised predictions in the absence of the explanatory auxiliary variable.
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Authors
Elizabeth Baraff Bonawitz, Tessa J.P. van Schijndel, Daniel Friel, Laura Schulz,