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Shtulman, Andrew; Young, Andrew G. – Child Development Perspectives, 2023
What do cows drink? The correct answer is water, but many are tempted to say milk. The disposition to override an intuitive response (milk) with a more analytic response (water) is known as "cognitive reflection." Tests of cognitive reflection predict a wide range of skills and abilities in adults. In this article, we discuss the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Thinking Skills, Prediction
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Ullman, Tomer D.; Goodman, Noah D.; Tenenbaum, Joshua B. – Cognitive Development, 2012
We present an algorithmic model for the development of children's intuitive theories within a hierarchical Bayesian framework, where theories are described as sets of logical laws generated by a probabilistic context-free grammar. We contrast our approach with connectionist and other emergentist approaches to modeling cognitive development. While…
Descriptors: Children, Learning, Child Development, Intuition
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Barrouillet, Pierre – Developmental Review, 2011
Dual-process theories have gained increasing importance in psychology. The contrast that they describe between an old intuitive and a new deliberative mind seems to make these theories especially suited to account for development. Accordingly, this special issue aims at presenting the latest applications of dual-process theories to cognitive…
Descriptors: Evidence, Psychologists, Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Development