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Language and operational thought / edited by Barbara Z. Presseisen, David Goldstein, Marilyn H. Appel. - New York : Plenum Press, c1978. - xv, 210 p. ; 24 cm. - Topics in cognitive development ; v. 2 .

"All the papers in this volume were presented at the third and fourth annual symposia of the Society." "A publication of the Jean Piaget Society."

Includes bibliographies and index.

I: Language Development.- 1. Thought and Language.- 2. The Relevance of Piaget's Early Work for a Semantic Approach to Language Acquisition.- 3. What the Child Brings to Language.- 4. Some New Prospects for Neuropsychological Research on Disorders of Perception and Language.- II: Formal Reasoning.- 5. Formal Reasoning: A Reappraisal.- 6. The Future of Formal Thought Research: The Study of Analogy and Metaphor.- 7. Symbol Manipulation Reexamined: An Approach to Bridging a Chasm.- III: Social Cognition.- 8. Interface between the Behavioral and Cognitive-Developmental Approach to Research in Morality.- 9. From Adolescence to Adulthood: The Rediscovery of Reality in a Postconventional World.- 10. Adolescence, Egocentrism, and Epistemological Loneliness.- IV: Applied Research.- 11. The Function of Reading in the Transition to Concrete and Formal Operations.- 12. Opportunities for Concrete and Formal Thinking on Science Tasks.

ISBN: 0306330024

LCCN: 77020977

Subjects--Personal Names:
Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980 --Congresses.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cognition in children--Congresses.
Children--Language--Congresses.
Language--Congresses.
Thinking--Congresses.

LC Class. No.: BF723.C5 / L37

Dewey Class. No.: 155.4/13 PRE

National Library of Medicine Call No.: W1 TO539LI v. 2 BF455 L287