Question

A young child's belief that natural objects are alive and animals have human characteristics is:

Answer 1

A young child's belief that natural objects are alive and animals have human characteristics is: "Animism".

The belief is often depicted in children's books where animals and objects like rocks and stars etc. are shown talking. The belief was actually first surveyed by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor in 1871 in his famous work "Primitive Culture"