1st Edition
Cognitive Development An Information-Processing View
260 Pages
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Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1976, the authors present a theory of cognitive development based upon an information-processing approach. This approach leads to the presentation of precise models of performance on a number of tasks derived from a set of critical quantitative concepts: elementary quantification, number concepts, conservation and transitivity. These models encompass both early and late... Read more
Preface. 1. Toward an Information-Processing Solution to Some Problems in the Study of Cognitive Development 2. Quantitative Comparison: A Production System Model 3. Processes for Quantification 4. Class Inclusion 5. Conservation of Quantity 6. Transitivity of Quantity 7. The Organization of the Information-Processing System 8. The Development of the Information-Processing System. References. Author Index. Subject Index.
Biography
David Klahr, J. G. Wallace
