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Direct linkPillow, Bradford H.; Pearson, RaeAnne M. – Cognitive Development, 2012
In three studies, 5-10-year-old children and an adult comparison group judged another's certainty in making inductive inferences and guesses. Participants observed a puppet make strong inductions, weak inductions, and guesses. Participants either had no information about the correctness of the puppet's conclusion, knew that the puppet was correct,…
Descriptors: Puppetry, Logical Thinking, Inferences, Children
Pillow, Bradford H.; Pearson, RaeAnne M.; Hecht, Mary; Bremer, Amanda – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2010
Children and adults rated their own certainty following inductive inferences, deductive inferences, and guesses. Beginning in kindergarten, participants rated deductions as more certain than weak inductions or guesses. Deductions were rated as more certain than strong inductions beginning in Grade 3, and fourth-grade children and adults…
Descriptors: Children, Adults, Logical Thinking, Inferences
Pillow, Bradford H.; Pearson, RaeAnne M. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2009
Adults' and kindergarten through fourth-grade children's evaluations and explanations of inductive inferences, deductive inferences, and guesses were assessed. Beginning in kindergarten, participants rated deductions as more certain than weak inductions or guesses. Beginning in third grade, deductions were rated as more certain than strong…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Kindergarten, Grade 3, Inferences
