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2 - Sequences and items for Experiment 4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2009

Morag L. Donaldson
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Summary

Causal sequences

Psychological reversible

  1. (1) Coco pulls Daisy's hair → Daisy hits Coco → Coco pushes Daisy.

  2. (2) Daisy laughs at Coco → Coco gets cross → Daisy runs away.

Physical reversible

  1. (3) Coco bumps into Daisy → Daisy falls → Daisy has a sore leg.

  2. (4) The boat hits a rock → the boat tips → Mary falls out.

Psychological non-reversible

  1. (5) Coco breaks Daisy's doll → Daisy starts to cry → Coco gives Daisy a sweetie.

  2. (6) Daisy gives Coco a spider → Coco gets a fright → Daisy laughs at Coco.

Physical non-reversible

  1. (7) Daisy pushes Coco → Coco falls into the flowerpot → Coco gets all dirty.

  2. (8) Coco pushes the cup → the cup falls → the cup breaks.

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Children's Explanations
A Psycholinguistic Study
 , pp. 158 - 161
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1986

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