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The Developmental Psychology of Reasoning and Decision-Making
Reasoning and decision-making are at the core of advanced thinking. Determining
how these develop over time is thus critical for both educational purposes and for
our theoretical understanding. In the following chapters, we have a state-of-the-
art overview of the latest developmental approaches. Although there is no current
consensus as to the exact nature of the underlying processes used for advanced
thinking, there has been a striking change in the way that these processes have
been articulated that illuminates the complexity of human reasoning. Initial devel-
opmental studies of reasoning were motivated by Piaget’s theory. The stage of
formal reasoning was characterized by the ability to reason logically, and was
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