Description |
viii, 296 pages : illustrations |
Series |
The Norton library |
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Norton library.
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Note |
Translation of: La formation du symbole chez l'enfant. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Imitation -- The first three stages: Absence of imitation, sporadic imitation and beginnings of systematic imitation -- Stages IV and V: Imitation of movements not visible on the body of the subject, and imitation of new models -- Stage VI: Beginnings of representative imitation and further development of imitation -- Play -- The beginnings of play -- Classification of games and their evolution after the beginnings of language -- Explanation of play -- Seconday symbolism in play, dreams and "unconscious" symbolism -- Cognitive representation -- Transition from sensory-motor schemas to conceptual schemas -- From practical to representative categories -- Conclusions: General trends of representative activity. |
Summary |
"Piaget's work is a cornerstone in development. His writing is long and laborious. He takes six pages to tell us that a 2 month old exhibits imitation behaviors. He was not an expert in parsimony. In his defense the translation from French is a bit awkward. What French I can read, of his work it is smoother than this translation. Case study gold, quoted as fact as if he had done something more significant than watch his own children and write down their behavior. No experimentally designed trials here. It's funny the same people and institutions who tout his great methods of research criticize Freud for his exact same research method: the case study. Many devout Piaget loyalists have never even read his original work. They've only been exposed to his work by text books in class. For this reason alone, I urge everyone to read as much source material as possible. Piaget is no exception. Get it, read it, make your own interpretation. Love it or hate it, you'll be wiser for the effort"--Amazon.com. |
Subject |
Child development.
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Child psychology.
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Imitation.
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Play.
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Symbolism.
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Imitation.
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Play.
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Symbolism.
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Child Development. (DNLM)D002657
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Cognition. (DNLM)D003071
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Imitative Behavior. (DNLM)D007100
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Play and Playthings. (DNLM)D010988
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Symbolism. (DNLM)D013561
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Child development. (OCoLC)fst00854393
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Child psychology. (OCoLC)fst00854540
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Imitation. (OCoLC)fst00967684
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Play. (OCoLC)fst01066938
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Symbolism. (OCoLC)fst01140749
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Child Development.
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Theory of knowledge.
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Play.
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Symbolism.
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Added Title |
Formation du symbole chez l'enfant. English
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ISBN |
9780393001716 |
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0393001717 |
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