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Direct linkTeresa, McCormack; Hoerl, Christoph – Developmental Psychology, 2005
Four experiments examined children's ability to reason about the causal significance of the order in which 2 events occurred (the pressing of buttons on a mechanically operated box). In Study 1, 4-year-olds were unable to make the relevant inferences, whereas 5-year-olds were successful on one version of the task. In Study 2, 3-year-olds were…
Descriptors: Inferences, Cues, Children, Preschool Children
Transitive Inferences within Seriation Problems Assessed by Explanations, Judgments, and Strategies.
Moore, Gary W. – 1978
A study was designed to develop an instrument and methodological procedure to assess transitive relations within seriation problems in elementary school children using three criteria: explanations, judgments, and strategies. A secondary analysis to assess transitivity used the three criteria according to whether the children were conservers, in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
