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From a larger data pool, random samples of 40 each were selected from the fourth and sixth grades in metropolitan areas in the United States and Mexico. In each sample the Ss were divided equally according to sex and economic status (advantaged and disadvantaged). Responses to the Guess Causes test of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking were analyzed for causal thinking. Analyses of variance and Duncan New Multiple Range tests indicate that the United States children are more causally-oriented than their Mexican counterparts; the sixth graders, more than the fourth graders; and the advantaged children, more than the disadvantaged ones. There were no sex differences in either culture.

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