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The Nature of Reasoning

Jacqueline P. Leighton, Robert J. Sternberg

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Abstract

1. Defining and describing reason 2. Reasoning and brain function 3. Working memory and reasoning 4. The role of prior belief in reasoning 5. Task understanding 6. Strategies and knowledge representation 7. Mental models and reasoning 8. Mental-logic theory: what it proposes and reasons to take this proposal seriously 9. Heuristics and reasoning: making deduction simple 10. Cognitive heuristics: reasoning the fast and frugal way 11. The assessment of logical reasoning 12. The development of deductive reasoning 13. The evolution of reasoning 14. Individual differences in thinking, reasoning, and decision making 15. Teaching reasoning 16. What do we know about the nature of reasoning?

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1. Defining and describing reason 2. Reasoning and brain function 3. Working memory and reasoning 4. The role of prior belief in reasoning 5. Task understanding 6. Strategies and knowledge representation 7. Mental models and reasoning 8. Mental-logic theory: what it proposes and reasons to take this proposal seriously 9. Heuristics and reasoning: making deduction simple 10. Cognitive heuristics: reasoning the fast and frugal way 11. The assessment of logical reasoning 12. The development of deductive reasoning 13. The evolution of reasoning 14. Individual differences in thinking, reasoning, and decision making 15. Teaching reasoning 16. What do we know about the nature of reasoning?

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1. Defining and describing reason 2. Reasoning and brain function 3. Working memory and reasoning 4. The role of prior belief in reasoning 5. Task understanding 6. Strategies and knowledge representation 7. Mental models and reasoning 8. Mental-logic theory: what it proposes and reasons to take this proposal seriously 9. Heuristics and reasoning: making deduction simple 10. Cognitive heuristics: reasoning the fast and frugal way 11. The assessment of logical reasoning 12. The development of deductive reasoning 13. The evolution of reasoning 14. Individual differences in thinking, reasoning, and decision making 15. Teaching reasoning 16. What do we know about the nature of reasoning?

Key concepts: Deductive reasoning, Psychology of reasoning, Analytic reasoning, Reasoning system, Verbal reasoning, Heuristics, Opportunistic reasoning, Qualitative reasoning

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