Cognitive and Affective Growth: Developmental Interaction 9781848727809, 9781315739113, 9781138816725, 9781315745671, 0898590922, 9780898590920

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COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE GROWTH

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COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE GROWTH Developmental Interaction

Edited by EDNA K. SHAPIRO AND EVELYN WEBER

First published in 1981 This edition first published in 2015 by Psychology Press 27 Church Road, Hove BN3 2FA and by Psychology Press 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Psychology Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1981 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-84872-780-9 (Set) eISBN: 978-1-315-73911-3 (Set) ISBN: 978-1-138-81672-5 (Volume 8) eISBN: 978-1-315-74567-1 (Volume 8) Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace.

COGNITIVE and AFFECTIVE GROWTH: Developmental Interaction

edited by

EDNA K. SHAPIRO

Bank Street College of Education EVELYN WEBER

Wheelock College

LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS

1981

Hillsdale, New Jersey

Copyright © 1981 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 365 Broadway Hillsdale, New Jersey 07642

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Cognitive and affective growth. The chapters in this volume are based on papers presented at a conference sponsored by Wheelock College and Bank Street College of Education, June 1978. Bibliography: p. Includes index. I. Cognition in children-Congresses. Emotions in children-Congresses. 3. Child psychology-Congresses. I. Shapiro, Edna Kaufman. II. Weber, Evelyn. III. Bank Street College of Education, New York. IV. Wheelock College. BF723.C5C555 155.4' 12 80-29690 ISBN 0-89859-092-2

Printed in the United States of America

Contents

Preface

vii

Conference Participants

ix

Conference Commentary

1

PART I: THE EVOLUTION OF THE DEVELOPMENTALINTERACTION POINT OF VIEW 1.

The Evolution of the Developmental-Interaction View

7 9

Barbara Biber

PART II: INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN COGNITION AND AFFECT: THREE VIEWS

2. Developmental Concepts of Cognition and Affect

31 33

Jan Drucker

3. Cognitive-Affective Interaction: A Concept that Exceeds the Researcher's Grasp

47

Herbert Zimiles

4. Perspectives on Theory: Another Look at the Developmental-Interaction Point of View

65

Margery B. Franklin

PART III: RECIPROCAL RELATIONS IN THE FIRST YEARS OF LIFE

85

5. The Reciprocal Role of Social and Emotional Developmental Advances and Cognitive Development During the Second and Third Years of Life

87

Sibylle K. Escalona V

vi 6.

CONTENTS

Perspectives on Interactional Research Leon J. Yarrow

97

PART IV: QUESTIONING THE ROLE OF DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE THEORY

109

7. Developmental Stage Theory

8.

and the Individual Reconsidered Edna K. Shapiro and Doris B. Wallace

111

Stage Theory and Curriculum Development Evelyn Weber

132

PART V: THE NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER DIFFERENCES

145

9. Gender Differences in the Nature of Premises Developed About the World Jeanne H. Block 10.

The Child's Construction of Gender: Anatomy as Destiny Dorothy Z. Ullian

147

171

PART VI: THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S AWARENESS OF INTRAPSYCHIC PROCESSES

185

11. What Children Understand of Intrapsychic Processes: The Child as a Budding Personality Theorist Robert L. Selman

187

Author Index

217

Subject Index

223

Preface

The common theme that unites the contributors to this book is their commitment to an integrative view of developmental phenomena, one that highlights the relationships among different aspects of development and the reciprocal nature of relations between people and their environments. The articles are based on papers presented at a conference called to explore what we have called a developmental-interaction point of view-an approach to developmental psychology and education that stresses these interactive and reciprocal relations. It is becoming commonplace to express discomfort with recent preoccupation with cognition, a preoccupation that has led to a narrow, even exclusive, focus on cognitive phenomena at the expense of other aspects of development. Currently there are many signs of renewed attention in theory and research to social and emotional development and their interrelations with cognition. At the same time, there has been a new appreciation of the importance of contextual influences, and of the interdependency of individuals and their environments. The pursuit of an integrative view of development seems particularly timely. The conference that led to this work was initiated to bring together a group from diverse professional backgrounds who share certain basic assumptions but view development from different perspectives. The goal of the conference, as of this volume, was to foster interchange and the elaboration of an interactionist view. The group represents several disciplines concerned with developmental phenomena--