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On a method of eliciting true/false judgments from young children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Peter Lloyd  and
Margaret Donaldson
Peter Lloyd
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
Margaret Donaldson
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
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This note describes a method of getting pre-school children to judge whether statements are true or false. The method is based on the argument that young children are likely to make these judgments more readily, and in a way that more fully reflects their opinions, if the statements to be judged are ostensibly made not by an adult but by someone whom the child regards as being less able and less knowledgeable than himself. For this purpose, a ‘talking doll’ is used.

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Articles
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , October 1976 , pp. 411 - 416
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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