在儿童早期归纳推理机制的探索过程中,一直存在着两种观点。一种认为儿童归纳推理是以类别或概念为基础的;另一种则认为儿童归纳推理是以相似性为基础的。这两种观点可能各自反应了儿童归纳推理的一个方面:前者可能说明的是儿童在知识丰富领域的归纳推理;而后者则可能说明的是儿童在知识贫乏领域的归纳推理。
Two kinds of theory about children's inductive reasoning had been introduced.Some experimental evidence to support these theories also had been provided.Each kind of theories may illustrate one aspect in children's inductive reasoning.The theory of children's inductive reasoning based on category maybe explain children's inductive reasoning in their knowledge rich domain,and the theory of children's inductive reasoning based on similarity maybe explain children's inductive reasoning in their knowledge poor domain.