Analogical Reasoning in Children

• Reasoning by Analogy. Structural Theories of Analogical Development. Testing the Claims of Structural Theory. Information-Processing Accounts of Classical Analogical Reasoning. Problem Analogies and Analogical Development. Analogies in Babies and Toddlers. Analogies in the Real World of the Classroom.

`According to Piaget and many other researchers, it is not until adolescence that a child can be expected to solve a classical analogy such as: "The seventh inning stretch is to baseball as the tea break is to ULULULUL." In this gracefully written and informative book, Usha Goswami challenges this long-standing view. The book has many strengths, the foremost of which is that Goswami has a coherent position that she states clearly. The book is very well organized and well written: the main claim of each chapter is stated forthrightly at the beginning and reviewed at the end of the chapter. The readability of the book is facilitated by Goswami's nonencyclopedic approach and her judicious selection of representative research on analogy.' - Judy S. DeLoache in Contemporary Psychology, 1995.`In sum, it is an interesting book, clearly written and full of imagination, recommended even to those who are not very concerned with analogies or with children.' - Pablo Fernandez (University of Malaga) in the European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 1994.