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ERIC Number: EJ449036
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-2269
Cognitive Representations of the Political System in Adolescents: The Continuum from Pre-Novice to Expert.
Torney-Purta, Judith
New Directions for Child Development, n56 p11-25 Sum 1992
Two groups of adolescents and a group of Coast Guard officials were interviewed about hypothetical political problems. Solutions presented were arrayed along a continuum of expertise, according to the complexity of subjects' political schemata and skills used in problem representation. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Apartheid, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Hazardous Materials, Political Attitudes, Political Socialization, Problem Solving, Schemata (Cognition), Wastes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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