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What counts as counterfactual thinking in children?| old_uid | 12595 |
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| title | What counts as counterfactual thinking in children? |
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| start_date | 2013/06/11 |
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| schedule | 12h-13h30 |
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| online | no |
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| summary | The first studies on the development of counterfactual thinking focussed on one
question: whether there was a shift in children's speculation about what might have
been at 3-4 years of age. Since then findings from a diversity of tasks have
suggested that children's abilities develop somewhat earlier (German & Nichols,
2003; Harris, 1997), later (Beck et al., 2006; Rafetseder, Cristi-Vargas, & Perner,
2010), or that the emergence of adult-like counterfactual thinking (e.g. shown by
regret) might be separate from the basic reasoning abilities (e.g. Guttentag &
Ferrell, 2004; Weisberg & Beck, 2010; 2012). I will explore which of
the developmental data offer good evidence for counterfactual thinking and identify
questions that remain. |
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| responsibles | Sackur |
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