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Escape from Metaignorance: How Children Develop an Understanding of Their Own Lack of Knowledge
- Source :
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Child Development . Nov-Dec 2012 83(6):1869-1883. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Previous research yielded conflicting results about when children can accurately assess their epistemic states in different hiding tasks. In Experiment 1, ninety-two 3- to 7-year-olds were either shown which object was hidden inside a box, were totally ignorant about what it could be, or were presented with two objects one of which was being put inside (partial exposure). Even 3-year-olds could assess their epistemic states in the total ignorance and the complete knowledge task. However, only children older than 5 could assess their ignorance in the partial exposure task. In Experiment 2 with one hundred and one 3- to 7-year-olds, similar results were found for children under 5 years even when more objects were shown in partial exposure tasks. Implications for children's developing theory of knowledge are discussed. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0009-3920
- Volume :
- 83
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Child Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ992171
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01830.x