The Form and Function of Children's Questions
- 1 December 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Genetic Psychology
- Vol. 123 (2), 285-296
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.1973.10532688
Abstract
A comparison of the question-asking behavior among two groups of children separated by a span of some 33 years (from time of collection) indicates that the underlying developmental processes involved in the question-asking behavior of children has changed very little. In general, the data support Piaget's conceptualizations concerning question-asking behavior, especially with respect to questions focusing on physical causality. The data also indicate that females are more sophisticated in their question-asking behavior, which reflects their advanced linguistic skills.Keywords
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- The Form and Function of Children's QuestionsChild Development, 1932