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Peer reviewedSteiner, Gerhard – Child Development, 1974
Piaget's concept of "internalization" is analyzed and related to Bruner's representational theories of cognitive development. Cognitive structures are shown to be real exclusively in an actual representation. (Author/SDH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
PDF pending restorationTreiman, Joan; Raph, Jane – 1974
The purpose of this study was to determine whether familiarity was a significant factor in increased cognitive synthesis scores and to conduct a comparison of the training methods employed on the basis of the test score patterns. Previous studies had revealed that symbolic representation was important, but they had not clarified the ways in which…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Developmental Psychology, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedNunes, Terezinha – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
Explores two hypotheses about the effect of symbolic systems on psychological functions: (1) culturally elaborated systems of signs affect psychological functioning in a general way; and (2) systems of signs, when used to support skilled action, affect the organization of human activity. Reviews research that supports the second hypothesis. (LB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Cross Cultural Studies
