Interactive Minds
Interactive Minds
Ursula M. Staudinger, Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
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USDVarious theoretical models in psychology have emphasized the social foundation of the mind and the role that social interactions play in human development. Interactive Minds emphasizes social transaction and communication between minds without implying particular mechanisms and outcomes. For instance, not all products of interacting minds are positive. Interactive Minds also takes a life-span perspective, which is especially suited for understanding interactive dynamics of behavior and human development. Experts from a variety of fields address such issues as biological aspects of cooperation, the role of social interaction in learning, the conceptualization of linguistic knowledge, and peer problem solving. In a concluding "Epilogue", implications are presented for various fields, including education, developmental and cognitive psychology, and cultural anthropology.
- Social foundation of cognition is a highly topical area
- Paul Baltes is a well-known and highly distinguished figure
- Combines both research and theory
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"The strength of the book is the diversity of views presented....of value to knowledgeable readers with interests in either life-span development or the social construction of knowledge. Recommended...." Choice
Product details
April 1996Paperback
9780521485678
472 pages
233 × 155 × 23 mm
0.647kg
20 b/w illus. 11 tables
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Table of Contents
- Part I. General Theoretical Framework:
- 1. The evolution of cooperation: within and between generations Peter Hammerstein
- 2. Interacting minds in a lifespan perspective: a cultural-historical approach to culture and cognitive development Michael Cole
- 3. Essentially Social: on the origin of linguistic knowledge in the individual Wolfgang Klein
- 4. Knowledge and the construction of women's development Gisela Labouvie-Vief
- Part II. Interactive Minds:
- 5. Peer interactive minds: development, theoretical, and methodological issues Margarita Azmitia
- 6. Collaborative rules: how are people supposed to work with one another Jacqueline Goodnow
- 7. The lifelong transformation of moral goals through social influence Damon William
- 8. Adults Telling and retelling stories collaboratively Roger A. Dixon
- 9. Planning about life: towards a social-interactive paradigm Jacqui Smith
- 10. Wisdom and the social-interactive foundation of the mind Ursula Staudinger
- Part III. Interactive Minds: Perspecxtives from Cognitive and Educational Psychology:
- 11. Rationality: Why Social Context Matters Gerd Gigerenzer
- 12. Styles of thinking Robert J. Sternberg
- 13. Cooperative construction of expert knowledge: the case of knowledge engineering Gerhard Strube
- 14. Communities of practice towards expertise: social foundation of university instruction Heinz Mandl
- Epilogue: reflections and future perspectives
- 15. Cognitive pychology Peter Graf
- 16. Developmental psychology Laura Carstensen
- 17. Educational psychology Franz Weinert
- 18. Cognitive and cultural anthropology Richard Shweder.
