1st Edition

Working with Piaget Essays in Honour of Barbel Inhelder

Edited By Anastasia Tryphon, Jacques Voneche Copyright 2001
238 Pages
by Psychology Press

240 Pages
by Psychology Press

240 Pages
by Psychology Press

For fifty years Bärbel Inhelder (1913-1997) was the research companion of Jean Piaget. In this unique volume, published in her honour, leading international researchers examine the various aspects of her work and ideas and her contribution to developmental psychology. Following an initial chapter establishing Inhelder's stature as an independent researcher in her own right, the various research... Read more
J.Voneche, Barbel Inhelder's Contributions to Psychology. J-L. Paour, From Structural Diagnosis to Functional Diagnosis of Reasoning: A Dynamic Conception of Retardation. M. Chandler, Perspective Taking in the Aftermath of Theory-Theory and the Collapse of the Social Role-Taking Literature. T. Bond, Building a Theory of Formal Operational Thinking: Inhelder's Psychology Meets Piaget's Epistemology. W. Edelstein, E. Schroder, The Impact of Social Structure on Development: An Analysis of Individual Differences in Cognition. E. Schroder, W. Edelstein, The Impact of Developmental Change and Social Constraints on Cognition: The Example of Syllogistic Reasoning. J. Voneche, Mental Imagery: From Inhelder's Ideas to Neuro-Cognitive Models. P. Bryant, Learning in Geneva: The Contribution by Barbel Inhelder and her Colleagues. E. von Glasersfeld, Scheme Theory as a Key to the Learning Paradox. P. Greenfield, Culture and Universals: A Tribute to Barbel Inhelder. T. Brown, Barbel Inhelder and the Fall of Valhalla. B. Inhelder, The Experimental Approaches of Children and Adolescents.

Biography

Anastasia Tryphon is Scientific Assistant at the Archives Jean Piaget and Jacques Voneche is Professor of Psychology. They are both with the University of Geneva. Their previous publications include Piaget-Vygotsky: The Social Genesis of Thought (1996)

This book is first-rate. It is a fine tribute to the contribution made by Barbel Inhelder to developmental psychology. - European Society of Developmental Psychology website