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The study of rational framing effects needs developmental psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2022

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Jared Vasil*
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Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27707, USA jared.vasil@duke.edu
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Abstract

Experimental research is reviewed which suggests that rational framing effects influence young children's social activities according to a logic of interdependence. However, young children are unlikely to possess some of the elaborate cognitive skills argued in the Target Article to be prerequisite for rational framing effects. Understanding rational framing effects requires understanding their ontogenetic origins.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e243
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