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Peer reviewedDozier, Mary; Butzin, Clifford – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1988
Used single-subject analyses to examine the developmental difficulty of the ulterior motive question (the backward inverse inference) in five- and seven-year-olds. Results suggest that children's difficulties with ulterior motive information result both from the abstract nature and the logical form of the task. (Author/SKC)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Evaluative Thinking, Inferences
