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Scientific Folk Theories
Sat, March 25, 9:30 to 10:15am, Salt Palace Convention Center, Floor: 1, Meeting Room 150 D-ESession Type: Flash Talk Session
Abstract
Children's developing scientific knowledge is often characterized as naïve folk theories. This session highlights the development of children's developing scientific knowledge in a variety of domains, such as their understanding of invisible phenomena, time, space, and beliefs about humans as part of the natural world.
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Individual Presentations
Does Believing That Humans are Part of Nature Matter for Children’s Environmentalist Attitudes? - Presenting Author: Lizette Pizza, Boston University; Deb Kelemen, Boston University
The development of space-time mappings without formal schooling - Presenting Author: Elena Leib, University of California - Berkeley; Ariel Starr, University of Washington; Steven Piantadosi
The development of the end of history illusion - Presenting Author: Alexa Sacchi, University of Toronto; Melissa Finlay; Christina Starmans, University of Toronto
The role of testimony in the conceptualization of invisible phenomena: Findings from Turkey - Presenting Author: Ayse Payir, Boston University; Gaye Soley, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi (BOUN); Oya Serbest, University of California - Santa Barbara; Paul Harris, Harvard University; Kathleen H. Corriveau, Boston University