The author examines the development of concepts over time. Emphasis is placed on the concept of the devil as the symbol of evil and as an example of historical concept development. (DE)

The relationship between concrete operational thought and concept attainment was investigated in second grade students. (GO)

Four of eight low-functioning, developmentally delayed preschool children initially failed to demonstrate expected oddity responding. In the context of a multiple baseline across-subject design, each of the previously unsuccessful children demonstrated significant increases in the percentage of correct oddity responses immediately upon…

This study of one part of the cognitive system of an illiterate Indian (his method of enumeration, computation, and evaluation) demonstrates the sophisticated conceptualization of which he is capable, independent of a writing system. (Author/CMG)

This paper describes a set of studies carried out as part of a larger project on the development of children's concepts of matter and its changes. In this paper, the impact of visibility and familiarity of the process of dissolving on children's concepts is analyzed. Two different studies with kindergarten and third grade students were carried…

Discusses the positive aspects of verbalizing ideas in order to provide a frame of reference which serves to clarify the concept. (Author/HV)

Phenomenology has made an important contribution to understanding the human mind by offering a rigorous description of consciousness. This essay's intent is to provide a familiarity with the vocabulary and concepts of phenomenology as an aid to the general scholar. (Author/JB)

Ideas and studies in the psycholinguistics of meaning are discussed. (DB)

General theories and process models of behavior are analyzed relative to vessels creative functioning, creativity is defined, and theoretical concepts for six phases of the creative process are presented. (MC)

Claims that people determine whether something is a member of a given artifact kind by inferring that it was successfully created with the intention that it belong to that kind. Discusses function-based and intentional-historical accounts of artifact concepts. Concludes that a rich set of inferential capacities is needed to constitute a theory of…