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Competence of young children who fail to make a correct deduction
Author(s) -
Freeman N. H.,
Sepahzad M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of developmental psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2044-835X
pISSN - 0261-510X
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-835x.1987.tb01063.x
Subject(s) - assertion , psychology , competence (human resources) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , social psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science , programming language
Children often fail easy reasoning tasks: how wide is the gap between success and failure? The present study found a high level of competence at picture selection to illustrate their conclusion in 6‐year‐olds who had reasoned badly, maintained over variation in natural‐language quantification, level of difficulty in picture discrimination and repeated testing. Identifying what an assertion denotes may be in advance of ability to integrate a pair of assertions. Research on reasoning needs to analyse the developmental course of both.