Can Being Scared Cause Tummy Aches? Naive Theories, Ambiguous Evidence, and Preschoolers ’ Causal Inferences
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Laura E. Schulz
,
Elizabeth Baraff Bonawitz
,
Thomas L. Griffiths
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@MISC{Schulz_canbeing,
author = {Laura E. Schulz and Elizabeth Baraff Bonawitz and Thomas L. Griffiths},
title = {Can Being Scared Cause Tummy Aches? Naive Theories, Ambiguous Evidence, and Preschoolers ’ Causal Inferences},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Causal learning requires integrating constraints provided by domain-specific theories with domaingeneral statistical learning. In order to investigate the interaction between these factors, the authors presented preschoolers with stories pitting their existing theories against statistical evidence. Each child heard 2 stories in which 2 candidate causes co-occurred with an effect. Evidence was presented in the
