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PSYCHO‐LOGIC: A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO PIAGET'S FORMULATION
Author(s) -
McLAUGHLIN G. HARRY
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1963.tb00563.x
Subject(s) - psychology , set (abstract data type) , logical reasoning , constructivism (international relations) , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , computer science , mathematics education , programming language , international relations , politics , political science , law
S ummary . The limitations of children's reasoning observed by Piaget can be described by a restricted logical system, called a psycho‐logic. It is shown that psycho‐logic can be simply represented by a small set of finite Boolean algebras. These are interpreted to suggest that limitations of reasoning correspond to limitations of immediate memory or attention.