Counterfactual Reasoning: Sharpening Conceptual Distinctions in Developmental Studies
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Counterfactual Reasoning: Sharpening Conceptual Distinctions in Developmental Studies
Counterfactual reasoning (CFR)-mentally representing what the world would be like now if things had been different in the past-is an important aspect of human cognition and the focus of research in areas such as philosophy, social psychology, and clinical psychology. More recently, it has also gained broad interest in cognitive developmental psychology, mainly focusing on the question of how th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Child Development Perspectives
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1750-8592,1750-8606
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12061