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Koslowski, Barbara; Okagaki, Lynn – Child Development, 1986
According to Humean framework, relations are judged to be causal to extent that they are characterized by regularity, continuity, and covariation among college students and college-bound 11- and 14-year-olds. Presents subjects with information about one of the following indices: potential causal factor covaried with effect and potential causal…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development

Ferrara, Roberta A.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Two studies examined the relation between current developmental levels, as estimated by IQ, and proximal levels of development, as estimated by the efficiency of learning and transfer in assisted contexts. Subjects were 8- to ll-year-old children. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed. (HOD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development

Meehan, Anita M. – Child Development, 1984
Examines the findings of 53 studies of sex differences in propositional logic, combinatorial reasoning, and proportional reasoning tasks. Finds sex differences for the latter two tasks to be vulnerable to Rosenthal's "file drawer" problem and effect size to be small for all tasks. Discusses possible explanations for sex differences in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Adults, Environmental Influences

Moshman, David; Franks, Bridget A. – Child Development, 1986
Tested hypothesis that understanding validity of inference is a relatively late development by asking fourth and seventh graders and college students to sort sets of deductive arguments. None of fourth graders, 45 percent of seventh graders, and 85 percent of college students used validity as basis for distinguishing arguments. Experiments…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, College Students, Deduction