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Sinclair, Hermina – Human Development, 1978
Attempts to clarify the meaning of differentiation in the Piagetian concept of object permanence. (BD)
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior, Object Permanence

Mandler, Jean M. – Human Development, 1998
Maintains that Muller and Overton (1998) misrepresent her theory of infant concept formation in infancy, makes corrections to their representation, and notes that her theory was developed in part because of the lack of detailed mechanisms in Piaget's theory to account for concept formation. Argues that Muller and Overton's proposed alternative…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Infant Behavior, Memory