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Singer, Murray; Ferreira, Fernanda – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1983
A study examining readers' ability to infer consequences backward and forward from events described in stories is described. Results show that backward consequence inferences are more reliably drawn during the course of reading than forward consequence inferences. (MSE)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, College Students, Deduction, Language Processing
Petrun, Craig J. – 1980
Interactions between metaphor comprehension and level of operational thought were examined to determine what advantages individuals at the formal operational level had in natural language tasks such as the understanding of figurative language. After 30 undergraduate students were classified as either late concrete, early formal, or late formal…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescent Development, Adult Development, Adults
Leirer, Von O.; And Others – 1980
Research on abstract categorical reasoning has shown that students with "A" grade point averages (GPA) have limited, better and often less, reasoning ability than students with lower GPA's. A similar effect was also found when testing "bright" and "dull" subjects. An analysis of this effect was conducted using the component model of categorical…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes