1st Edition
Development and Reasoning A Special Issue of Thinking and Reasoning
128 Pages
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Psychology Press
128 Pages
by
Psychology Press
The study of deductive reasoning is one of the key areas in cognitive psychology. Much of the initial impetus for studies in this field came from a developmental perspective, in particular as a consequence of Piaget's theory of formal operations. Subsequent research that examined some of the predictions of this theory has led to what appear to be quite contradictory conclusions. On the one hand,... Read more
H. Markovits, P. Barrouillet, Why is Understanding the Development of Reasoning Important? D. Kuhn, J. Katz, D. Dean, Developing Reason. D. Moshman, From Inference to Reasoning: The Construction of Rationality. G.S. Halford, G. Andrews, The Development of Deductive Reasoning: How Important is Complexity? P.A. Klaczynski, J.M. Cottrell, A Dual-process Approach to Cognitive Development: The Case of Children's Understanding of Sunk Cost Decisions. S.J. Handley, A. Capon, M. Beveridge, I. Dennis, J.St.B.T. Evans, Working Memory, Inhibitory Control and the Development of Children's Reasoning.
Biography
Henry Markovits is Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, UK. Pierre Barrouillet is at the Universite de Bourgogne, in the LEAD - CNRS in Dijon.
