The Architecture and Dynamics of Developing Mind: Experiential Structuralism As A Frame For Unifying Cognitive Developmental Theories

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The architecture and dynamics of developing

mind: experiential structuralism as a frame for
unifying cognitive developmental theories.
ARTICLE in MONOGRAPHS OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT 58(5-6):1-205 · FEBRUARY
1993
Department of Psychology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Impact Factor: 5.50 · DOI: 10.2307/1166053 · Source: PubMed
Andreas Demetriou Anastasia Efklides Maria Platsidou

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Abstract
This Monograph presents a theory of cognitive development. The theory
argues that the mind develops across three fronts. The first refers to a
general processing system that defines the general potentials of mind to
develop cognitive strategies and skills. The second refers to a
hypercognitive system that governs self-understanding and self-
regulation. The third involves a set of specialized structural systems (SSSs)
that are responsible for the representation and processing of different
reality domains. There are specific forces that are responsible for this
organization of mind. These are expressed in the Monograph in terms of a

set of five organizational principles. The developmental course of the major
systems is outlined. Developmental change is ascribed by the theory to the
interaction between the various systems. Different types of development
require different change mechanisms. Five studies are presented that
provide empirical support for these postulates. Study 1 demonstrated the
organizational power of principles and SSSs. Study 2 showed that the SSSs
constrain the effect of learning. Study 3 established that the hypercognitive
system does function as the interface between tasks and SSS-specific
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processes or between SSSs and general cognitive functions such as
attention and memory. Study 4 investigated the relations between one of
the components of the processing system, storage, and two different SSSs
expressed via two different symbolic systems, namely, the numeric and the
imaginal. Finally, Study 5 examined the interaction between the
components of the processing system and the relations between each of
these components and one SSS, namely, the quantitative-relational SSS.
The theoretical implications of these studies with regard to general issues,
such as the nature of representation, the causation of cognitive change, and
individual differences in cognitive development, are discussed in the
concluding chapter.
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81 CITATIONS 149 DOWNLOADS 99 VIEWS

The architecture and dynamics of developing

Andreas Demetriou Anastasia Efklides Maria Platsidou

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develop cognitive strategies and skills. The second refers to a

hypercognitive system that governs self-understanding and self-

regulation. The third involves a set of specialized structural systems (SSSs)

that are responsible for the representation and processing of different

organization of mind. These are expressed in the Monograph in terms of a

systems is outlined. Developmental change is ascribed by the theory to the

interaction between the various systems. Different types of development

require different change mechanisms. Five studies are presented that

provide empirical support for these postulates. Study 1 demonstrated the

constrain the effect of learning. Study 3 established that the hypercognitive

system does function as the interface between tasks and SSS-specific

processes or between SSSs and general cognitive functions such as

attention and memory. Study 4 investigated the relations between one of

imaginal. Finally, Study 5 examined the interaction between the

components of the processing system and the relations between each of

these components and one SSS, namely, the quantitative-relational SSS.

The theoretical implications of these studies with regard to general issues,

such as the nature of representation, the causation of cognitive change, and

individual differences in cognitive development, are discussed in the

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