In Defense of Qualitative Changes in Development

Kagan, Jerome

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01211.x

Cited by 83 publications

(60 citation statements)

References 148 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…A unifying aim for developmental psychology is to understand the processes of change in human behavior Kagan, 2008;Muller & Giesbrecht, 2008). Theories of development are often contrasted in terms of their accounts of change, in particular whether processes of change are qualitative or quantitative, and continuous or discontinuous.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

CUE: The continuous unified electronic diary method

Ellis-Davies

Sakkalou

Fowler³

et al. 2012

Behav Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In the present article, we introduce the continuous unified electronic (CUE) diary method, a longitudinal, event-based, electronic parent report method that allows real-time recording of infant and child behavior in natural contexts. Thirty-nine expectant mothers were trained to identify and record target behaviors into programmed handheld computers. From birth to 18 months, maternal reporters recorded the initial, second, and third occurrences of seven target motor behaviors: palmar grasp, rolls from side to back, reaching when sitting, pincer grip, crawling, walking, and climbing stairs. Compliance was assessed as two valid entries per behavior: 97 % of maternal reporters met compliance criteria. Reliability was assessed by comparing diary entries with researcher assessments for three of the motor behaviors: palmar grasp, pincer grip and walking. A total of 81 % of maternal reporters met reliability criteria. For those three target behaviors, age of emergence was compared across data from the CUE diary method and researcher assessments. The CUE diary method was found to detect behaviors earlier and with greater sensitivity to individual differences. The CUE diary method is shown to be a reliable methodological tool for studying processes of change in human development.

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

CUE: The continuous unified electronic diary method

Ellis-Davies

Sakkalou

Fowler³

et al. 2012

Behav Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Evidence has shown that the "developmental processes are highly nonlinear, heterogeneous, and dependent on a wide range of factors" (Rose & Fischer, 2009, p. 417). Other characteristics of the developmental processes are the multi-causality as a relationship between diverse factors, and the discontinuity, or abrupt changes in behavior (Kagan, 2008, Spencer & Perone, 2008PucheNavarro, Combariza, Ossa, 2012). These characteristics of developmental processes required to leave behind the notion of "stages" as fixed upward sequences.…”

Section: A Emergência Do Planejamento Cognitivo a Curto Prazo: Desempmentioning

confidence: 99%

The emergence of cognitive short-term planning : performance of preschoolers in a problem-solving task.

Guerrero

Navarro

2015

Acta. Colomb. Psicol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The aim of this study is to identify patterns of the cognitive planning process of young children emerging in the context of a problem solving task. Using a complex dynamic systems approach, this paper depicts the main features of cognitive planning in the short term. Participants were 45 preschool children (aged 3.5 and 3.6 years) of which two case studies are described in detail. The microgenetic method was used to capture, in two months, the planning process in real time during six sessions of data collection. Thus, 96 measuring points were obtained for each child of the sample. The instrument used was a problem solving task in a virtual format, which requires the development of a plan to attain the goal. The first part of the analysis characterizes the children's planning performance by means of cluster analysis. Two clusters were identified as a result of this analysis. In order to illustrate the performance of the sample, one child from each cluster was randomly selected as a case study. The second part of the analysis describes the two case studies. The State Space Grids (SSG) technique was used to show the short-term emergence of cognitive planning. Results of the case studies revealed two types of performance: a reduction pattern and a stable pattern of cognitive planning. These patterns indicate the ability of children to integrate the constraints of the task and consider future states in their actions. In contrast to the literature, the findings of this study reveal the resources in planning skills of preschoolers, such as self-regulation of actions aimed at attaining a goal and anticipation of future states. Key words: cognitive development, computer game, cognitive planning, preschoolers, state space grid technique, variability. LA EMERGENCIA DE LA PLANIFICACIÓN COGNITIVA A CORTO PLAZO: DESEMPEÑO DE NIÑOS PREESCOLARES EN UNA TAREA DE RESOLUCIÓN DE PROBLEMAS ResumenEl objetivo del presente estudio es identificar los patrones del proceso de planificación cognitiva de niños pequeños que tienen lugar en el contexto de una situación de resolución de problemas. Utilizando un enfoque de sistemas dinámicos complejos, el presente estudio describe las principales características de la planificación cognitiva a corto plazo. Los participantes fueron 45 niños en edad preescolar (3,5 y 3,6 años), de los cuales se describen en detalle dos estudios de caso. El método microgenético fue utilizado para capturar, en dos meses, el proceso de planificación en tiempo real durante seis sesiones de recogida de datos. De esta manera se obtuvieron 96 puntos de medición por cada niño de la muestra. Como instrumento se utilizó una tarea de resolución de problemas en un formato virtual, que exige la elaboración de un plan para alcanzar la meta. La primera parte del análisis consistió en caracterizar los desempeños de planificación de la muestra mediante el análisis de conglomerados. Como resultado, dos clústers fueron identificados. Posteriormente, para ilustrar los desempeños de la muestra, se seleccionó al azar un niño...

show abstract

“…Despite the many strengths of this article, and although various research findings have also been used in the field to argue for or against rich and lean interpretations of the development of various cognitive and social cognitive capacities [e.g., Aslin & Fiser;2005;Baillargeon, Scott, & He, 2010;Bremner & Mareschal, 2004;Kagan, 2008;Munakata, Bauer, Stackhouse, Landgraf, & Huddleston, 2002;Rakison, 2007;Tomasello, Carpenter, & Liszkowski, 2007], the elephant on the table in this sort of work is that the entire reason for the rich-lean dichotomy is that identical forms of behavior can be given a rich or a lean interpretation [Racine, 2012;Rakoczy, 2012]. Although new empirical studies and empirical findings in general can be used to render richer or leaner views less plausible, when a research area has reached the point of a protracted rich-lean debate, in my view the controversy is usually turning on issues that cannot be entirely resolved empirically.…”

Section: Racinementioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptual Analysis and Rational Imitation

Racine¹

2012

Human Development

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In Defense of Qualitative Changes in Development

Cited by 83 publications

References 148 publications

CUE: The continuous unified electronic diary method

CUE: The continuous unified electronic diary method

The emergence of cognitive short-term planning : performance of preschoolers in a problem-solving task.

Conceptual Analysis and Rational Imitation

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About