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Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J. – Intelligence, 1986
The goal of this unified theory of human reasoning is to specify what constitutes reasoning and to characterize the psychological distinction between inductive and deductive reasoning. The theory views reasoning as the controlled and mediated application of three processes (encoding, comparison and selective combination) to inferential rules. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Deduction, Encoding (Psychology)
Peer reviewedGlaser, Robert; Pellegrino, James W. – Intelligence, 1979
Current studies of cognition emphasize the contrast between two approaches to analysis of individual differences. It is concluded that the cognitive components approach incorporates the cognitive correlates approach, avoids the inadequacy of correlational methods, and models individual differences on various dimensions of cognitive functioning.…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Abstract Reasoning, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability
