Development of Mental Representation : Theories and Applications

by Sigel, Irving E.; Tyner, Kathleen; Wertsch, James V.; Beilin, Harry

• ISBN13: 9780805822281
• ISBN10: 0805822283
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

There is a general and extensive literature in the development of representational thought and symbolic processes because of its centrality in human evolution. However, the umbrella of science and its method does not necessarily lead to a coherent conceptual model, or agreements among scholars. These basic differences among various disciplines have led to the creation of new and exciting realms of research. This book considers how representational or symbolic thought develops for children's use in a wide array of these circumstances.

Table of Contents

Introduction From Terra Incognita to Terra Cognita: The Science of Representation	p. vii
References	p. xii
Theories of Representation	p. 1
Approaches to Representation as a Psychological Construct: A Treatise in Diversity	p. 3
Cognitive Representations: Distinctions, Implications, and Elaborations	p. 13
References	p. 29
Representation: Picture or Process?	p. 33
Early Symbolic Representation	p. 61
What's in a Concept? Context, Variability, and Psychological Essentialism	p. 87
Representing Logic	p. 113
Constructivism, Communication, and Cooperation: Implicationsof Michael Chapman's """"Epistemic Triangle""""	p. 129
the Properties of Representations Used in Higher Cognitive Processes: Developmental Implications	p. 147
References	p. 166
A Dialectical Constructivist View of Representation: Role of Mental Attention, Executives, and Symbols	p. 169
References	p. 197
Representation Once Removed: Children's Developing Conceptions of Representational Life	p. 201
References	p. 227
The Developmentof Representation as the Coordination of Component Systems of Action	p. 231
A Bakhtinian View of Egocentric Speech	p. 257
the Nature and Development of Representation: Forging a Synthesis of Competing Approaches	p. 273
References	p. 291
Application of Representation in Practice	p. 295
Developing an Understanding of External Spatial Representations	p. 297
The Development of Representational Abilities in Middle School Mathematics	p. 323
Representational Issues in Assessment Design	p. 351
References	p. 368
Representational Competence	p. 371
References	p. 386
Representational Thought in Ego Identity, Psychotherapy, and Psychosocial Developmental Theory	p. 391
The Use of Cultural Tools: Mastery and Appropriation	p. 415
References	p. 433
A Representational System for Peer Crowds	p. 437
Visual Representation as Pictorial	p. 451
the Form of Thought	p. 453
References	p. 468
Author Index	p. 471
Subject Index	p. 483
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