How Children Solve Problems Using Causal Reasoning

Source: Laboratories of Judith Danovitch and Nicholaus Noles—University of Louisville

Imagine a young child hears an adult say, “I want to watch the news,” then watches the adult press a button on the remote control. A moment later, the television screen turns on. The next day, the child wants to ...

Children encounter many situations where they need to decode cause-and-effect from complex or ambiguous observations to come up with solutions to problems.

For example, a young child hears an adult say "I want to watch the news" and then observes the adult press a button on the remote control. A moment later, the television turns on and a ...