1st Edition

Reasoning: Representation and Process In Children and Adults

Edited By Rachel Joffe Falmagne Copyright 1975
290 Pages
by Psychology Press

290 Pages
by Psychology Press

290 Pages
by Psychology Press

Originally published in 1975, this volume contains original reports of new models and data in the areas of propositional reasoning, syllogistic reasoning, and transitive inference in children and adults of the time. A wide range of theoretical viewpoints is represented, and an effort is made to integrate the models and empirical findings, as well as place them in a common perspective and... Read more

Preface.  Introduction Rachel Joffe Falmagne  1. Models of Deduction P.N. Johnson-Laird  2. Understanding Conditional Reasoning with Meaningful Propositions Herman Staudenmayer  3. Logic and Models of Logical Thinking Daniel Osherson  4. Syllogistic Reasoning: Logical Decision from a Complex Data Base Russell Revlis  5. Development of the Comprehension of Logical Quantifiers Edith D. Neimark and Robin H. Chapman  6. Recall of Classical Syllogisms: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Error on Logical Problems Sylvia Scribner  7. Deductive Processes in Children Rachel Joffe Falmagne  8. The Representation of Linear Order and Spatial Strategies in Reasoning: A Developmental Study Tom Trabasso, Christine A. Riley and Elaine Gumer Wilson  9. Inference as a Developmental Construction James Youniss  10. Overview: Reasoning, Representation, Process and Related Issues Rachel Joffe Falmagne.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

Falmagne, Rachel Joffe