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Taylor, Shelley E.; Winkler, John D. – 1980
The term, "schema," used largely as a descriptive convenience rather than a theoretical guidepost in social psychology is examined through an analysis of its development, function, and structure. This paper articulates a model of schema development in adults by defining a schema as a representation of some stimulus domain and a set of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages