Kids' books featuring animals with human traits lead to less learning of natural world
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 14:00
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study has found that kids' books featuring animals with human characteristics not only lead to less factual learning but also influence children's reasoning about animals. Researchers also found that young readers are more likely to attribute human behaviors and emotions to animals when exposed to books with anthropomorphized animals than books depicting animals realistically.