The growth of logical thinking from childhood to adolescence : an essay on the construction of formal operational structures

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The growth of logical thinking from childhood to adolescence : an essay on the construction of formal operational structures

Bärbel Inhelder and Jean Piaget

(International library of psychology, 84 . Developmental psychology ; 22)

Routledge, 1999

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Reprint. Originally published: Routledge and K. Paul, 1958

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Volume

ISBN 9780415210027

Description

This is Volume XXII of thirty-two on a series of Developmental Psychology. Originally published in 1958, this text offers a translation from French of an essay on the construction of formal operational structures to explain part of the growth of logic in a child's brain and development. It looks at propositional logic, the integration of formal thought and the operational schemata of formal logic.

Table of Contents

Translators' Introduction: A Guide for Psychologists, PART I The Development of Propositional Logic 1. The Equality of Angles of Incidence and Reflection the Operations of Reciprocal Implication 2. The Law of Floating Bodies and the Elimination of Contradictions 3* Flexibility and the Operations Mediating the Separation of Variables 4* The Oscillation of a Pendulum and the Operations of Exclusion 5* Falling Bodies on an Inclined Plane and Operations of Disjunction 6. The Role of Invisible Magnetization and the Sixteen Binary Propositional Operations 93 PART II The Operational Schemata of Formal Logic 7* Combinations of Colored and Colorless Chemical Bodies 8. The Conservation of Motion in a Horizontal Plane 9. Communicating Vessels 10. Equilibrium in the Hydraulic Press 11. Equilibrium in the Balance 12. Hauling Weight on an Inclined Plane 13* The Projection of Shadows 14* Centrifugal Force and Compensations 15* Probable Dispersions and Correlations PART III The Structural Integration of Formal Thought 16. Formal Thought from the Equilibrium Standpoint 17. Concrete and Formal Structures 18. Adolescent Thinking
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: set ISBN 9780415211284

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Developmental and child psychology remains a vital area in modern psychology. This comprehensive set covers a broad spectrum of developmenal issues, from the psychology of the infant, the family, abilities and disabilities, children's art, imagination, play, speech, mental development, perception, intelligence, mental health and education. In looking at areas which continue to be very important today, these volumes provide a fascinating look at how approaches and attitudes to children have changed over the years. The set includes nine volumes by key development psychologist Jean Piaget, as well as titles by Charlotte Buhler and Susan Isaacs.

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  • NCID
    BA45149066
  • ISBN
    • 041521128X
    • 041521002X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxvi, 356 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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