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Smid, Claire R.; Kool, Wouter; Hauser, Tobias U.; Steinbeis, Nikolaus – Developmental Science, 2023
Human decision-making is underpinned by distinct systems that differ in flexibility and associated cognitive cost. A widely accepted dichotomy distinguishes between a cheap but rigid model-free system and a flexible but costly model-based system. Typically, humans use a hybrid of both types of decision-making depending on environmental demands.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Models, Abstract Reasoning, Young Children
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Rabinowitz, F. Michael; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1989
The relationship between memory and reasoning was investigated in three experiments involving children in grades one, four, and seven, and college students. Results indicated that performance was dependent on subjects' abilities to integrate relevant subskills, rather than on deficient reasoning or missing subskills. (RJC)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary Education
Case, Robbie – 1973
This paper presents a study using a neo-Piagetian theory to analyze the micro-structure underlying Piaget's "control of variables" scheme. Data are presented which support the conclusion that young children are capable of acquiring and utilizing this scheme before they acquire Conservation of Weight, that is, providing (1) that the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1974
Theory and research regarding four levels of concept attainment and three uses of concepts as specified by the conceptual learning and development (CLD) model are described. Assessment batteries were developed to assess each child's level of concept attainment and also the related use of the concepts equilateral triangle, cutting tool, and noun.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1973
The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1974
The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1973
The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1973
The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development