Browsing University of Waterloo by Supervisor "Friedman, Ori"
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Beyond causality: Heuristics for inferring possibility
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-07)Deciding what is possible is an essential human ability, and our judgments about possibility often appear effortless and straightforward. But how do we actually decide whether something is possible or impossible? This ... -
Children use ownership to understand actions and preferences
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-19)Actions are often dictated by an individual’s desires. While this may be appropriate in many situations, there are important exceptions, such as when an individual desires someone else’s property. Across three papers, this ... -
Fixing others' property: Young children make exceptions to property rights when violations benefit owners
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-28)Property rights serve to protect owners, and to prevent them from being deprived or inconvenienced. However, perhaps modifying others’ property will be acceptable if we improve it, or modify it for the owner’s benefit. I ... -
Preschoolers’ reasoning about the “how”, “what” and “when” of ownership.
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-30)My dissertation includes three papers. Paper one investigates preschoolers’ appreciation of how people become owners. In two experiments, 70 3-to-5-year-olds were asked to explain why a character owns, likes, or uses certain ...