Children's and adults' judgments of the certainty of deductive inferences, inductive inferences, and guesses

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-217

  Pillow, Bradford H ^a   Pearson, Raeanne M ^a   Hecht, Mary ^a   Bremer, Amanda ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epistemology; metacognition; reasoning; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGIC; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD;

EID: 77954710224     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320903300403     Document Type: Article

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