Jean Matter Mandler

The Foundations of Mind

Origins of Conceptual Thought

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Produktbeschreibung

In The Foundations of Mind, Jean Mandler presents a new theory of cognitive development in infancy, focusing on the processes through which perceptual information is transformed into concepts. Drawing on her extensive research, Mandler explores preverbal conceptualization and shows how it forms the basis for both thought and language. She also emphasizes the importance of distinguishing automatic perceptual processes from attentive conceptualization, and argues that these two kinds of learning follow different principles, so it is crucial to specify the processes required by a given task. Countering both strong nativist and empiricist views, Mandler provides a fresh and markedly different perspective on early cognitive development, painting a new picture of the abilities and accomplishments of infants and the development of the mind.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780195311839
• ISBN-10: 0195311833
• Artikelnr.: 22205094

Autorenporträt

Jean Matter Mandler is Distinguished Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California San Diego. She is the author of Stories, Scripts, and Scenes (1984) and Thinking (1964).

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: How to Build a Baby
* 2: Piaget's Sensorimotor Infant
* 3: Kinds of Representation: Seeing and Thinking
* 4: Perceptual Meaning Analysis and Image-Schemas: The Infant as
Interpreter
* 5: Some Image-Schemas and their Functions
* 6: Some Differences Between Percepts and Concepts: The Case of the
Basic Level
* 7: Some Preverbal Concepts
* 8: Concepts as Induction Machines
* 9: Continuity in the Conceptual System: Acquisition, Breakdown, and
Reorganization
* 10: Recall of the Past
* 11: Language Acquisition
* 12: Consciousness and Conclusions