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Peer reviewedMandler, 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
Peer reviewedMuller, Ulrich; Overton, Willis F. – Human Development, 1998
Examines development of representational thought from the perspective of Jean Mandler's image-schema theory and an action-theoretical approach derived from Piaget's theory. Concludes that empirical findings fail to support hypotheses of early onset, and that representational development is more adequately interpreted within the context of an…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology
