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MICROANALYSIS OF CONCRETE REASONING
Author(s) -
Smedslund Jan
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1966.tb01347.x
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , element (criminal law) , unit (ring theory) , microanalysis , social psychology , cognitive psychology , mathematics education , chemistry , organic chemistry , neuroscience , political science , law
Subjects with median age 5–11 were given 24 triads of elementary + and ‐ operations with one unit (AS items), besides pre‐ and posttests of conservation of quantity. A strong initial resistance to use the ‘equal’ category was observed. A considerable proportion of the subjects acquired conservation. The difficulty of the AS items seemed to be mainly determined by the number of required intellectual transformations and non‐redundant elements to be processed. Degree of perceptual support and codability of element combinations also appeared to be likely determinants.