ABSTRACT
Children think differently than adults. This much is undeniable. Disputes arise when developmental psychologists attempt to characterize this difference, account for it, and explain why the difference decreases as the child matures. These three questions are related and appear also to be ordered. Explaining how the gap between children’s and adults’ reasoning diminishes with maturity presupposes an explanation for the differences at any given age, and the latter explanation requires elucidation of what those differences are. So the question “What is the difference between children’s and adults’ thinking?” is basic.
