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Peer reviewedLucariello, Joan – Child Development, 1998
Describes the slot-filler model of taxonomic knowledge development in which preschoolers derive "slot-filler" categories from event schemas. Maintains that the model has received considerable support across methodologies, ages, and sociocultural contexts. Argues that Krackow and Gordon's theorizing and methods could not lead to reliable,…
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedParent, Sophie; Normandeau, Sylvie; Larivee, Serge – Child Development, 2000
Emphasizes the benefits of cooperation between researchers in developing a comprehensive model of cognitive development that considers the constraints of human brain structures and the interplay of general laws of development and individual differences in developmental pathways within the context of social and cultural environments. (Author)
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Cooperation
Peer reviewedSteinberg, Laurence; Avenevoli, Shelli – Child Development, 2000
Argues that extant research assessing relations between contextual factors and psychological disturbance has confused two different roles of context. Suggests that environmental factors are nonspecific stressors and elicit psychopathology, with specificity of expressed psychopathology governed by individual differences, and that context is…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Children, Context Effect, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedHorowitz, Frances Degen – Child Development, 2000
Discusses responsibility of developmental scientists to convey the complexity of development lest oversimplified popular accounts gain credibility. Presents a model of development elaborating on the role of experience in relation to constitutional, cultural, economic, and social factors contributing to children's development. Discusses importance…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cultural Influences, Developmental Psychology
