Children's scale errors with tools.

Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 857 - 866
Published: Jan 1, 2011
Abstract
Children sometimes make scale errors, attempting to interact with tiny object replicas as though they were full size. Here, we demonstrate that instrumental tools provide special insight into the origins of scale errors and, moreover, into the broader nature of children's purpose-guided reasoning and behavior with objects. In Study 1, 1.5- to 3.5-year-olds made frequent scale errors with tools in a free-play session. Study 2 utilized a novel...
Paper Details
Title
Children's scale errors with tools.
Published Date
Jan 1, 2011
Volume
47
Issue
3
Pages
857 - 866
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