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ERIC Number: EJ586808
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-2928
Debatable Topic or Not: Do We Have the Right To Argue?
Golder, Caroline
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v13 n2 p175-85 Jun 1998
Focuses on the relations that could exist between the degree to which a referent is open to discussion, and the production of elaborated argumentative discourse as a function of age. Finds that topics with a clear, socially-defined "correct" position elicited fewer and less nuanced arguments than topics without strong social constraints. (DSK)
Descriptors: Compliance (Psychology), Critical Thinking, Debate, Discussion, Dissent, Foreign Countries, Psychological Studies, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Social Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Controversial Topics; France