
Development and Reasoning
A Special Issue of Thinking and Reasoning
Psychology Press Ltd
1st Edition
Published on 7. May 2019
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-1-138-37237-5 (ISBN)
Description
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, reasoning is held to be a very precociously acquired, if not innate, competence, such that very young children can reason 'logically'. On the other hand, reasoning in adults has been found to be so convincingly 'illogical' that the very notion of logical competence, even in educated adults has been put into question. Clearly, these two conclusions cannot both be true, and their continuing existence reflects the increasing fragmentation of studies of children and of adults. In this context, developmental studies appear to be critical to an integrative approach to reasoning that considers both children and adults within a single theoretical and empirical perspective. This issue presents some of the more important developmental perspectives on the development of reasoning.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hove
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
364 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-37237-5 (9781138372375)
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Pierre Barrouillet | Henry Markovits
Development and Reasoning
A Special Issue of Thinking and Reasoning
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Persons
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.
Editor
Universite de Geneve, Switzerland
Professor of Psychology, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada
Content
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.