for creative problem-solving, why young kids can outwit college students

“We were trying to see if very young children could figure out cause and effect,”…“What we discovered, to our surprise, was not only were 4-year-olds amazingly good at doing this, but they were actually better at it than grown-ups were,” Gopnik says…Exploratory learning comes naturally to young children, says Gopnik. Adults, on the other hand, jump on the first, most obvious solution and doggedly stick to it, even if it’s not working.” Mind/Shift

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