The balance beam in the balance: reflections on rules, relational complexity, and developmental processes.

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The lead articles by Jansen and van der Maas (2002, this issue) and Halford, Andrews, Dalton, Boag, and Zielinski (2002, this issue) raise numerous questions concerning the development of rule use and how best to assess it. In this Reflection, we focus on the following:
(a) When can one infer the use of a rule? (b) What are the mechanisms underlying the development of rule use? and (c) What is the relation between understanding and execution? In addressing these questions, we contrast relational complexity theory with cognitive complexity and control (CCC) theory.Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).

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Author information

Author/s: Zelazo, Philip David (PD); Müller, Ulrich (U);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada. zelazo@psych.utoronto.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of experimental child psychology (J Exp Child Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Apr; vol 81 (issue 4) : pp 458-65

Dates: Created 2002/03/13; Completed 2002/05/06; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 11890731, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: J Exp Child Psychol. 2002 Apr;81(4):383-416. (PMID: 11890728)

CommentOn: J Exp Child Psychol. 2002 Apr;81(4):417-45. (PMID: 11890729)

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