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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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Psychology Revivals |
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Psychology revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; 1 Everyday physics and conceptual structure; The 'alternativeness' of everyday physics; The constraining of human cognition; 2 Rationale for a developmental perspective; Conceptualisation as an action-based phenomenon; A strategy for developmental research; Part II Heat transfer; 3 Temperature change and childhood theorising; Variables relevant to temperature change; Mechanisms of heat transfer |
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Transfer, transmission and variable selection4 The 'peripheral' case of changes of phase; Variables relevant to phase change; Phase, temperature and theoretical knowledge; Part III Propelled motion; 5 Encapsulated knowledge of horizontal motion; Speed and its governing variables; Force and horizontal motion; Internal forces, external forces and variable selection; 6 Horizontal and vertical motion compared; Downwards motion and vertical fall; Force and vertical motion; Part IV Object flotation; 7 Flotation in liquids and stage-like progression |
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Child-based and variable-based approaches to variable selectionTheories in the object-liquid interplay; 8 Flotation in gases or failure to fall; Pressure, density and variable selection; Theories in the object-gas interplay; Part V Conclusion; 9 An action-based theory of conceptual growth; Co-ordinations with linguistic representations; Preserving structure and losing content; 10 Action-based knowledge in a wider context; Sensitivity to topic area; Sensitivity to age or stage; Appendix; Notes; References; Index |
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Concepts in children.
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Concepts in adolescence.
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Conceptual structures (Information theory)
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Information theory in physics.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Adolescent.
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Concepts in adolescence
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Concepts in children
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Conceptual structures (Information theory)
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Information theory in physics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317236030 |
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1317236033 |
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