The Development of Thinking and Reasoning

ISBN-13: 9781848721326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 264 str.

Pierre Barrouillet

Opis

Thinking and reasoning are key activities for human beings. In this book a distinguished set of contributors provides a wide readership with up-to-date scientific advances in the developmental psychology of thinking and reasoning, both at the theoretical and empirical levels.

Spis treści

Pierre Barrouillet & Caroline Gauffroy Introduction: From Piaget to Dual-Process Theories: The Complexities of Thinking and Reasoning Development. PART 1: Thinking and Reasoning: Beyond Piaget's Conceptions. David Moshman Epistemic Cognition and Development. Julie E. Meehan & Ruth M.J. Byrne The Development of the Rational Imagination: How Children Create Counterfactual Alternatives to Reality. Usha Goswami The Development of Reasoning by Analogy. Henry Markovits The Development of Abstract Conditional Reasoning. PART 2: Dual-Processes Approaches. Pierre Barrouillet & Caroline Gauffroy Dual Processes and Mental Models in the Development of Conditional Reasoning. Kinga Morsanyi & Simon J. Handley Heuristics and Biases – Insights from Developmental Studies. Paul Klackzynski Culture and Developments in Heuristics and Biases from Preschool through Adolescence: Challenges and Implications for Social development. Valerie F. Reyna Intuition, Reasoning and Development: A Fuzzy-Trace Theory. Carlos F. Gomes & Charles J. Brainerd Dual Processes in the Development of Reasoning: The Memory Side of the Theory.