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An experimental investigation of piaget's analysis of class inclusion
Author(s) -
Meadows SARA
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1977.tb01580.x
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , psychology , class (philosophy) , developmental psychology , mathematics education , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , social psychology , epistemology , philosophy
Piaget's analysis of the class inclusion problem identifies three operations in its solution. His prediction of the order of achievement of these constituent operations was tested in two experiments. The results of both experiments were contrary to his hypothesis and lend no support to the importance of the suggested operations. Explanations for the order of achievement of constituents of class inclusion are discussed, and an alternative model of the class inclusion model is put forward.