Why Toddlers Don't Do What They're Told
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090325/sc_livescience/whytoddlersdontdowhattheyretold;_ylt=AtD8b2Ssw9pjlIJZvyXDibUDW7oF
"You might expect the child to plan for the future, think 'OK it's cold outside so the jacket will keep me warm.' But what we suggest is that this isn't what goes on in a 3-year-old's brain. Rather, they run outside, discover that it is cold, and then retrieve the memory of where their jacket is, and then they go get it."