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Flavell, John H. – Contemp Psychol, 1970
Two books relating to Piaget's theory of intellectual development are reviewed. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Intellectual Development, Psychology
Peer reviewedDrozdal, John G., Jr.; Flavell, John H. – Child Development, 1975
This study investigated the development of the concept of a critical search area by means of an action sequence in which a cartoon character loses his toy while walking through his house. The results showed that it is not until ages 7 or 8 that children readily make the inference that the critical area is the only plausible place to search for the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Developmental Psychology, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedFlavell, John H. – American Psychologist, 1986
Summarizes recent research which attempted to discover what children of different ages know about the appearance-reality distinction and related phenomena. Findings show that what helps children grasp the distinction is an increased cognizance of the fact that people are sentient subjects who have mental representations of objects and events. (PS)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology
Peer reviewedFlavell, John H. – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Summarizes researchers' beliefs about cognitive development. Topics include (1) the child as constructive thinker; (2) new research methods; (3) the characterization of children's cognitive development; (4) estimates of children's competence; (5) stages of development; (6) interrelations among developmental skills; (7) mechanisms of development;…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages
Flavell, John H.; Wellman, Henry M. – 1976
The author considers memory as being composed of four categories. The fourth category--metamemory--refers to the individual's knowledge and awareness of memory or of anything pertinent to information storage and retrieval. It is that aspect of memory that deals with the how and what of memory itself. The paper first presents a model of what could…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Development, Developmental Psychology
