The Development of Spatial-Temporal, Probability, and Covariation Information to Infer Continuous Causal Processes.

ABSTRACT: This paper considers how 5- to 11-year-olds' verbal reasoning about the causality underlying extended, dynamic natural processes links to various facets of their statistical thinking. Such continuous processes typically do not provide perceptually distinct causes and effect, and previous work suggests that spatial-temporal analysis, the ability to analyze spatial configurations that change over time, is a crucial predictor of reasoning about causal mechanism in such situations. Work in the Humean tradition to causality has long emphasized on the importance of statistical thinking for inferring causal links between distinct cause and effect events, but here we assess whether this is also viable for causal thinking about continuous processes. Controlling for verbal and non-verbal ability, tw

SUBMITTER: Dundar-Coecke S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7973365 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature