Cognitive Development, Epistemic Doubt, and Identity Formation in Adolescence.

Boyes, Michael C.; Chandler, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ458578

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Publication Date: 1992

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Cognitive Development, Epistemic Doubt, and Identity Formation in Adolescence.

Boyes, Michael C.; Chandler, Michael

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v21 n3 p277-304 Jun 1992

To evaluate the part that nascent skeptical doubt plays in shaping adolescent social-cognitive development, 61 high school students clearly classified as in concrete or formal operational stages of cognitive development completed a measure of epistemic stances. A relationship was found between cognitive and epistemic development. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Epistemology, Formal Operations, High School Students, High Schools, Measures (Individuals), Piagetian Theory, Social Development

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Language: English

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