CHILDREN’S UNDERSTANDING OF AGING

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Abstract: Two studies investigated children’s understanding of aging. Study one was to explore whether children could distinguish living from non-living things in terms of aging and whether they could give non-intentional explanation of it. Study two investigated how children understood the traits of aging, i.e. irreversibility and universality. The results showed that children’s performance improved with age. They never used intentional explanation and their understanding of aging was closely related with their understanding of growth. It could be concluded that 6-year-old children possess a separate naïve theory of biology in terms of aging.

Key words: naï, ve biology, aging, children

CLC Number:

B844

Zhu Liqi, Fang Fuxi. (2005). CHILDREN’S UNDERSTANDING OF AGING. , 37(03), 335-340.

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