Abstract: This study explores the developmental process and levels of theanalogical reasoning power of children in this age bracket, and comparesthe supernormal children with normal ones to see whether there aredifferences in this aspect. The study consisted of 3 experiments. Pictures of real objects andgraphs were used as test materials for individual experimentations. Thesubjects were asked to choose one out of four alternatives, and to givethe reasons for his or her choice. The subjects, 650 in all, were dividedinto 4 age groups. They were selected at random. The results show: (1) 3 to 6-year-old children possess certainabilities of analogical reasoning which develop with. age. (2) The scoresof the overwhelming majority of the supernormal children showed atleast two standard deviations less than those of the normal children inthe same age group, and were even better than the average scores ofthose two years their senior (3) The developmental levels of theiranalogical reasoning were divided into 5 grades. The supernormalchildren surpassed normal children of the same age group by 1--2grades, and were found to be quick in comprehension and alert andresourceful in grasping the interrelationships of bipartite situation.

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