作者
Han L Van der Maas, Peter C Molenaar
发表日期
1992/7
来源
Psychological review
卷号
99
期号
3
页码范围
395
出版商
American Psychological Association
简介
Presents an overview of traditional methodological approaches to stagewise cognitive developmental research. These approaches are evaluated and integrated on the basis of catastrophe theory. In particular, catastrophe theory specifies a set of common criteria for testing the discontinuity hypothesis proposed by Piaget. Separate criteria correspond to distinct methods used in cognitive developmental research. Such criteria are, for instance, the detection of spurts in development, bimodality of test scores, and increased variability of responses during transitional periods. When a genuine stage transition is present, these criteria are expected to be satisfied. A revised catastrophe model accommodating these criteria is proposed for the stage transition in cognitive development from the preoperational to the concrete operational stage.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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