EXPLANATIONS OF NATURAL PHENOMENA BY ADULTS.

The article presents information on a research investigating how do adults explain occurrences with which they are not familiar. During the research, the subjects were cordial and cooperative, with very minor exceptions. During the first demonstration, the explanations of predictions included such terms as "air resistance," "more mass per area," "density of what surface there is," and the like. Out of thirty-five, thirty-one subjects predicted correctly. In the second demonstration, there was a sheet of paper on boxes. Predictions in this case varied considerably. In the third demonstration, spool and card experiment was done which is another example of the Bernoulli effect. Twelve predicted the card would fall or drop, 11 predicted that it would be blown away. In fourth demonstration, the prediction given by 11 was correct.