Stages of Mental Development

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ID20206027
AutoresAaro Toomela (0000-0002-8520-9676, University of Tartu, autor de correspondencia)
Año2000
Volumen4
Número1
Páginas21-52
Fecha de publicación2000-02-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTrames Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1406-0922 • E-ISSN: 1736-7514
EditorialEstonian Academy Publishers (PUBLISHER • EE)
DOI10.3176/tr.2000.1.02
OpenAlexW4320475165
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas20

This article examines a question of stages in mental development. Two approaches to the study of development, 'modular' and 'structural', are differentiated. These approaches seem to contradict one another. We suggest that there is a need to differentiate complementary levels of analysis, each with specific objectives and methodologies. Contradictions between theories of development do not emerge because some theories are "wrong", but because different levels of analysis are confused. So, universal and general stages of mental development can be revealed at one level of analysis, at two other levels the development can be characterized as a continuous change or a quantitative growth, respectively. Following these ideas, a new definition of the stages of mental development is proposed along with theoretical differentiation of the first three stages of development. Empirical evidence for supporting the theoretical model of stages is also discussed

Developmental psychology · Mental development · Mathematics · Psychology · Socioeconomic and Demographic Analysis · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia

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