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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Formal operations and postformal reasoning: A replication
Eeva KallioKlaus Helkamasubject
Developmental stageIntellectual development4. Education05 social sciences050109 social psychologyCognitionGeneral MedicineVerbal reasoning050105 experimental psychologyReplication (computing)Task (project management)Postformal thoughtArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Developmental and Educational PsychologyMathematics education0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychologySocial psychologyGeneral Psychologydescription
The relationship between formal operations and postformal reasoning was examined by using the Shayer (1978) chemicals problem to assess formal operations and the Commons, et al. (1982) four-story problem to measure postformal reasoning. The subjects were 35 undergraduate social science and humanities students. None of the subjects who were classified as concrete operational or transitional on the chemicals task showed postformal reasoning. The hypothesis that full format operations are a necessary condition of post-formal reasoning and the expectation that subjects showing full formal operations are more likely than others to exhibit postformal reasoning was not supported.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-03-01 | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology |