Constraints on Accessing Abstract Source Information Instantiation of Principles Facilitates Children's Analogical Transfer

An abstract principle provided as source information alone often fails to enhance analogical transfer. Two experiments were conducted to investigate the circumstances under which an abstract statement promotes analogical problem solving in children. External instantiation (providing concrete example...

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Published in:	Journal of educational psychology Vol. 87; no. 3; pp. 445 - 454
Main Authors:	Chen, Zhe, Yanowitz, Karen L, Daehler, Marvin W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC American Psychological Association 01-09-1995 American Psychological Association, etc
Subjects:	Abstraction Access to Information Analogy Biological and medical sciences Child Child development Child psychology Children Cognition & reasoning Cognitive Generalization Constraints Developmental psychology Elementary Education Examples Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Generative Processes Human Instantiation Hypothesis Problem Solving Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Transfer of Training Human Context School age Information source Problem solving Transfer Information access Analogy Cognition Abstraction Child
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