FORCE TEXT 10 99 new Page 1 The Changing Meanings of Force 1 The Changing Meanings
of Force Christos Ioannides Department of Education, University of Cyprus and Stella Vosniadou …

The following examples should illustrate application of the concepts and principles which we
have discussed thus far. They are merely illustrative examples. It is not the purpose of this …

This study explores children's knowledge regarding weight in the age span of five to sixteen
years. It appears that children's views develop gradually from the tactile experiences. Thus …

We put forward a theoretical account of the development of commonsense ideas about
motion, proposing elements and structures which seem to us to be necessary components of …

When navigating unfamiliar social environments, it is important to identify who is powerful.
Determining who has power can be challenging because observers may have limited social …

Conversation of weight can be defined as the ability to affirm that the weight of an object
remains invariant during the transformations of the form of the object. It is known to be …

Perceiving the affordance of a tool requires the integration of several complementary
relationships among actor, tool, and target. Higher order affordance structures are …

Piaget's work on the concept of causality in children suggested this study. The specific
problem was the child's explanation of unexpected phenomena, such as conjurer's tricks …

Highlights motoric and attentional limitations in early development that may constrain infants'
abilities to explore and to exploit objects with their hands. It is argued that these limitations …

SUMMARY A hand similar to that of man is a feature of almost all primates. The prehensile
specialisation of the hand permits it to perform a wide range of functions. Prehensility is …