Logical and Hypothetical Reasoning in Adolescence, Development of

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 306-312

  Amsel, Eric ^a   Moshman, David ^b  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Conditional reasoning; Counterfactual reasoning; Deduction; Executive function; Formal operations; Hypotheticodeductive reasoning; Jean Piaget; Metalogical knowledge; Modus ponens; Modus tollens; Possible worlds; Regret

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967647943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.23089-4     Document Type: Chapter

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