title: Study of Longeot's test of formal operational thinking in a group of Italian adolescents.
abstract: This paper describes a study of development of formal logical thought in 230 Italian adolescents by applying Longeot's Echelle de la Pensée Logique (Scale of Logical Thought). For age groups 11 to 13 and 14 to 18 years, change from preformal to formal thought and acquisition of such thought could be influenced by experience, sex, social-cultural level. The Echelle de la Pensée Logique should produce some special aspects to be compared with other classical intelligence tests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology of Development and Socialization, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Magro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007558:Italy; D008128:Logic; D008297:Male; D011337:Probability Learning; D011340:Problem Solving; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics; D013850:Thinking