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Smillie, David – Human Development, 1982
Drawing on Piaget's own work and some contemporary studies of social interaction, the author concludes that one may reinterpret Piaget's descriptive psychology in terms of the infant's growing communicative competency. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Developmental Stages, Epistemology

Mergler, N.L.; Goldstein, M.D. – Human Development, 1983
Biological theories of adaptation are used to generate a model of human cognitive development in which physiological and cognitive change in aged persons can be understood as an adaptive stage of development. Related literature is reviewed that focuses on the elderly as information transmitters and on the psychology of "telling."…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Development, Communication Skills