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
2 - Sequences and items for Experiment 4
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
Causal sequences
Psychological reversible
(1) Coco pulls Daisy's hair → Daisy hits Coco → Coco pushes Daisy.
(2) Daisy laughs at Coco → Coco gets cross → Daisy runs away.
Physical reversible
(3) Coco bumps into Daisy → Daisy falls → Daisy has a sore leg.
(4) The boat hits a rock → the boat tips → Mary falls out.
Psychological non-reversible
(5) Coco breaks Daisy's doll → Daisy starts to cry → Coco gives Daisy a sweetie.
(6) Daisy gives Coco a spider → Coco gets a fright → Daisy laughs at Coco.
Physical non-reversible
(7) Daisy pushes Coco → Coco falls into the flowerpot → Coco gets all dirty.
(8) Coco pushes the cup → the cup falls → the cup breaks.
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- Children's ExplanationsA Psycholinguistic Study, pp. 158 - 161Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1986