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The Development and Meaning of Psychological Distance (Paperback)
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The Development and Meaning of Psychological Distance (Paperback)
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One of the paradoxes in developmental theory is the child's
simultaneous intrapsychic and interpsychic development. While the
child is growing in mental capacity and struggling to define self,
behaviors are also being learned whose function is to integrate
self into a social network, which often means that egocentric
behaviors are in conflict with sociocentric ones. This theory draws
upon processes that promote both individual and social growth into
a unified theory of development. A construct pertinent to almost
all dimensions of psychological research, psychological distance is
conceptualized as either the distance between what the learner
understands and what still has to be understood (intrapsychic), or
ways in which others adjust information for the learner in order to
be fully comprehended (interpsychic). Psychological distance
appears to serve both organizing and explanatory functions across
seemingly diverse sets of theoretical and research questions, such
as differentiation of self in personality development; conceptual
representation in cognitive development; dialogue in the
development of communication skills; information processing in
cognitive science; regulatory mechanisms in the growth of control
processes; and concept formation in cross-over areas of cognition,
learning and thinking skills. This volume is based on papers
presented as part of the Invitational Conference honoring Irving E.
Sigel, Distinguished Research Scientist, at Educational Testing
Service. In each of the chapters different models are utilized to
account for the construct of psychological distance, and as such,
to suggest extensions of Sigel's seminal work in this area.
Together, these contributions form the basis of a discussion of
psychological distance as a developmental construct -- a construct
which permits serious consideration of individual differences as a
function of both the process and the product of cognition and
ecology.
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