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  Child DevelopmentVolume 78 Issue 6, Pages 1675 - 1688 Published Online: 3 Nov 2007 Journal Compilation © 2010 The Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. Published on behalf of the Society for Research in Child Development
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 130K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  Robots and Rodents: Children's Inferences About Living and Nonliving Kinds This research was supported in part by a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) training grant postdoctoral fellowship to J.L.J. and an NICHD grant (HD-36043) to S.A.G. We are grateful to Ryan Clement for assistance with data collection and coding. We also thank the teachers, staff, and children of the University of Michigan Children's Center. Portions of this research were reported at the 2003 Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Copyright 2007 by the Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. ABSTRACTThis study tests the firm distinction children are said to make between living and nonliving kinds. Three, 4-, and 5-year-old children and adults reasoned about whether items that varied on 3 dimensions (alive, face, behavior) had a range of properties (biological, psychological, perceptual, artifact, novel, proper names). Findings demonstrate that by 4 years of age, children make clear distinctions between prototypical living and nonliving kinds regardless of the property under consideration. Even 3-year-olds distinguish prototypical living and nonliving kinds when asked about biological properties. When reasoning about nonbiological properties for the full range of items, however, even 5-year-olds and adults occasionally rely on facial features. Thus, the living/nonliving distinction may have more narrow consequences than previously acknowledged. Received: 13 August 2007; Accepted: 29 October 2007; | 
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