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ERIC Number: EJ387614
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The Impact of Probability Judgments on Reasoning about Multiple Possibilities.
Horobin, Karen; Acredolo, Curt
Child Development, v60 n1 p183-200 Feb 1989
Explores the role of premature cognitive closure in the development of inferential reasoning among 62 children aged 7, 9, and 12 years through two studies. Results indicate that despite a strong tendency to close on single alternatives, most children correctly assigned nonzero probabilities to each of the possible alternatives. (RJC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Problem Solving
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Cognitive Closure; Inferential Reasoning