摘要：This study investigated children`s cognitions of physically impossible events by characteristics of the events. The 67 subjects were 3-,5-,and 7-year old children from one day care center and one elementary school in Seoul. Children`s responses to questions regarding the events were taped and transcribed. Cognition of the events was measured by recognition of impossibility,possibility of replication,and reasons for the possibility of replication of the events. Data were analyzed by ANOVA(repeated measures),and Pearson`s correlation. Children`s recognition of the impossibility of the events varied by type of task : Recognition of gravity tasks was different from irreversibility tasks,but there were no differences between recognition of irreversibility and gravity and between irreversibility and object permanence. The possibility of replication correlated significantly with reasons given by the children.
关键词：cognition of physically impossible events recognition revival possibility
