Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The development of the causal connectives and of causality: some previous studies
- 3 Elicited production studies
- 4 The empirical mode
- 5 The intentional mode
- 6 The deductive mode
- 7 General discussion
- Appendices
- 1 Details of procedures for elicited production experiments
- 2 Sequences and items for Experiment 4
- 3 Stories and items used in Experiment 5
- 4 Materials used in Experiment 6 (Deductive/Empirical)
- 5 Acceptability judgement questionnaire based on Experiment 6
- 6 Materials used in Experiment 7 (Deductive Marking)
- Notes
- References
- Index
1 - Details of procedures for elicited production experiments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The development of the causal connectives and of causality: some previous studies
- 3 Elicited production studies
- 4 The empirical mode
- 5 The intentional mode
- 6 The deductive mode
- 7 General discussion
- Appendices
- 1 Details of procedures for elicited production experiments
- 2 Sequences and items for Experiment 4
- 3 Stories and items used in Experiment 5
- 4 Materials used in Experiment 6 (Deductive/Empirical)
- 5 Acceptability judgement questionnaire based on Experiment 6
- 6 Materials used in Experiment 7 (Deductive Marking)
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Experiment 1: Ker Plunk (physical)
The apparatus is presented without any sticks inserted, but with a bundle of sticks lying beside it.
E: Have you ever played with this toy before?… Watch what happens.
Some marbles are dropped through the hole at the top of the tube.
E: What happened?… The marbles fell down and made a loud noise, didn't they? I don't want the marbles to fall down and make a loud noise… I wonder how I could stop them falling. …Maybe I could put these sticks in here.
The experimenter inserts the sticks (and invites the child to help).
E: What do you think will happen now?… What do you think will happen when I put the marbles in?
The experimenter drops in some marbles. (They should stay on the sticks!)
E: What happened?… Oh! I've changed my mind now. I want the marbles to fall down and make a loud noise again. …How could I make the marbles fall?… Maybe I could pull out some sticks. …What do you think will happen when I pull out some sticks?…
The experimenter pulls out some sticks which are not supporting any marbles.
E: What happened?… I wonder why. …Do you know why?…
The experimenter pulls out some sticks which are supporting some marbles.
E: What happened?… I wonder why. …Do you know why?… Now, let's see who's here.
The experimenter brings out a large toy panda from behind a screen.
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- Children's ExplanationsA Psycholinguistic Study, pp. 155 - 157Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1986