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Download full textMCNEILL, DAVID – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME LINGUISTIC UNIVERSALS ARE, IN FACT, THE INEVITABLE RESULT OF UNIVERSAL MENTAL CAPACITIES. ONE SUCH UNIVERSAL IS SUGGESTED, AND THE ENTIRE QUESTION IS CONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT OF CERTAIN THEORIES OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT--MAINLY PIAGET'S, AND SECONDARILY BRUNER'S AND VYGOTSKY'S.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition
Harms, Jeanne McLain – 1972
Girls' responses to fantasy in children's literature as related to a conceptual framework (extrapolated from books of modern fantasy) of intellectual development (based on Piaget's theoretical formulations) were investigated. The three stages of thinking corresponded to the ages of the subjects: five year olds represented the preoperational stage,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Books, Children, Childrens Literature
Peer reviewedLawson, Anton E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
Eighty-two children (aged 4 through 6) were administered a Backward Digit Span test to measure M-space (mental capacity) and four conservation tasks: number, substance, continuous quantity and weight. (MS)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)
