Working with Piaget: Essays in Honour of Bärbel Inhelder

For fifty years Bärbel Inhelder (1913-1997) was the research companion of Jean Piaget. In this unique volume, published in her honour, leading international researchers examine the various aspects of her work and ideas and her contribution to developmental psychology. Following an initial chapter establishing Inhelder's stature as an independent researcher in her own right, the various research topics that she explored are reviewed and discussed with specific reference to her own perspective and in the chronological order in which she approached them. While the book explores Inhelder's work with her more famous colleague, it also highlights areas of research in which her ideas were at variance with those of Piaget, such as mental imagery, and areas in which her innovations have not been fully recognised, such as her discovery of the formal operations stage - an event usually attributed to Piaget - and her introduction of longitudinal studies in the field of cognitive development. Her research, viewpoint and contribution in other fields such as mental retardation, learning, and cross-cultural issues in development are also discussed. The final chapter, written by Inhelder herself, deals with experimental reasoning in children and adolescents and provides a glimpse of her creativity. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of Contributors......Page 9 Figure acknowledgement......Page 10 Introduction......Page 11 1. Bärbel Inhelder's contributions to psychology......Page 15 2. From structural diagnosis to functional diagnosis of reasoning: A dynamic conception of mental retardation......Page 27 3. Perspective taking in the aftermath of theory-theory and the collapse of the social role-taking literature......Page 53 4. Building a theory of formal operational thinking: Inhelder's psychology meets Piaget's epistemology......Page 79 5. The impact of social structure on development: An analysis of individual differences in cognition......Page 99 6. The impact of developmental change and social constraints on cognition: The example of syllogistic reasoning......Page 117 7. Mental imagery: From Inhelder's ideas to neuro-cognitive models......Page 137 8. Learning in Geneva: The contribution by Bärbel Inhelder and her colleagues......Page 143 9. Scheme theory as a key to the learning paradox......Page 155 10. Culture and universals: A tribute to Bärbel Inhelder......Page 163 11. Bärbel Inhelder and the fall of Valhalla......Page 193 12. The experimental approach of children and adolescents......Page 207 Author index......Page 227 Subject index......Page 235 Back......Page 240 "Following an initial chapter establishing Inhelder's stature as an independent researcher in her own right, the various research topics that she explored are reviewed and discussed with specific reference to her own perspective and in the chronological order in which she approached them. While the book explores Inhelder's work with her more famous colleague, it also highlights areas of research in which her ideas were at variance with those of Piaget, such as mental imagery, and areas in which her innovations have not been fully recognised, such as her discovery of the formal operations stage - an event usually attributed to Piaget - and her introduction of longitudinal studies in the field of cognitive development. Her research, viewpoint and contribution in other fields such as mental retardation, learning, and cross-cultural issues in development are also discussed. The final chapter, written by Inhelder herself, deals with experimental reasoning in children and adolescents and provides a glimpse of her creativity." "Working with Piaget will be of great interest to developmental, social and educational psychiogists."--Jacket For fifty years Barbel Inhelder (1913-1997) was the research companion of Jean Piaget. In this unique volume, leading international researchers examine the various aspects of her work her ideas, and her contribution to developmental psychology Edited By Anastasia Tryphon And Jacques Vonèche. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.