Exploring the capability to reason backwards : an experimental study with children, adolescents, and young adults

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Journal Article
Date Issued
2014-12-24
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Brosig-Koch, Jeannette  
Heinrich, Timo  orcid-logo
Helbach, Christoph  
TORE-DOI
10.15480/882.4667
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/9096
Journal
European economic review  
Volume
74
Start Page
286
End Page
302
Citation
European Economic Review 74: 286-302 (2015-02)
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.12.003
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84921751932
Publisher
Elsevier
This is the first study investigating the development of the capability to reason backwards in children, adolescents, and young adults aged 6 to 23 under controlled laboratory conditions. The experimental design employs a modified version of the race game. As in the original game, subjects need to apply backward analysis in order to solve the games. We find that subjects' capability to reason backwards improves with age, but that this process systematically differs across genders. Our repetition of the games indicates that differences exist also in learning between age groups and across genders.
Subjects
Age effects
Backward analysis
Children
Experimental economics
Learning
DDC Class
300: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
330: Wirtschaft
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