Whether anthropomorphism is appropriate for supporting children in science learning depends on many factors.
The efficacy of anthropomorphism in supporting children's factual and biological learning depends on age.and explained their behaviors in terms of human motivations, such as imagining that a cat is being stubborn? The attribution of human characteristics, behaviors, or emotions to nonhuman entities is called.
Children whose parents have expertise in biology-related fields, such as doctors, scientists, and zookeepers, tend to engage in more discussions about biological properties with their children . These children are also less prone to anthropocentric reasoning when confronted with induction tasks. Thus, both cultural factors and specific experiences, such as interactions with animals and exposure to nature, contribute to the development of conceptual understanding about animals in children.