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Piaget's theory of cognitive development was used to construct a test battery which was administered to adult schizophrenics and a matched group of controls. Performance
was analyzed and used to delineate more clearly what constitutes a schizophrenic thought disorder, namely, poor logical ability to form conjunctive classes and to order relationships. The hypothesis is put forth that schizophrenic thought disorder is a developmental aberration and is the result of faulty intrafamilial communication.