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A Constructive Neural-Network Approach to Modeling Psychological Development
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Shultz, Thomas R. – Cognitive Development, 2012
This article reviews a particular computational modeling approach to the study of psychological development--that of constructive neural networks. This approach is applied to a variety of developmental domains and issues, including Piagetian tasks, shift learning, language acquisition, number comparison, habituation of visual attention, concept…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Psychology, Computation, Models
Hierarchical Complexity of Tasks Shows the Existence of Developmental Stages.
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Commons, Michael Lamport; Trudeau, Edward James; Stein, Sharon Anne; Richards, Francis Asbury; Krause, Sharon R. – Developmental Review, 1998
Discusses hierarchical complexity of tasks as a way of conceptualizing information in terms of the power required to complete a task, and its implications for developmental psychology and information science. Provides an analytic solution to the definition of developmental stages and allows for the possibility within the science of scaling the…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Definitions
The Role of Quantification Operators in the Development of Conservation of Quantity.
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Klahr, David; Wallace, J. G. – Cognitive Psychology, 1973
An analysis of the quantitative processes underlying conservation of quantity is presented. Models of three quantitative operators--subitizing, counting, and estimation--are derived from adult performance in quantification tasks, and some features of the operators are described. The emergence of conservation is described in terms of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Concept Formation
Application of a Curriculum Hierarchy Evaluation (CHE) Model to Sequentially Arranged Tasks.
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O'Malley, J. Michael – 1971
A curriculum hierarchy evaluation (CHE) model was developed by combining a transfer paradigm with an aptitude-treatment-task interaction (ATTI) paradigm. Positive transfer was predicted between sequentially arranged tasks, and a programed or nonprogramed treatment was predicted to interact with aptitude and with tasks. Eighteen four and five…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Aptitude, Concept Formation, Curriculum Evaluation
A Preliminary Report of the Relationship Between Piaget's and Klausmeier's Measures of Children's Cognitive Development. Technical Report No. 426. Reprinted December 1977.
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1976
Piaget's model of children's conceptual learning and development was compared with Klausmeier's Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) model in a longitudinal study. The CLD model suggests four successive levels of concept learning: (1) concrete--recognizing an object which has been encountered previously; (2) identity--recognizing a known…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Third Cross-Sectional Study of Attainment of the Concepts "Equilateral Triangle,""Cutting Tool,""Noun," and "Tree" By Children Age 7 to 17. Technical Report No. 427. Reprinted December 1977.
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1976
The Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) Model specifies four levels of concept attainment (concrete, identity, classificatory, and formal) and three uses of concepts (problem solving, subordinate-supraordinate, and principles). Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of concept attainment may be conducted. The results of this study of 300…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement