Group tasks

Task 1

Several of the theoretical frameworks have invented metaphors to summarize their views about the character of development. Describe and explain each of these metaphors, and identify which theoretical framework each one belongs to.

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The glove on the hand

Genetic: the glove is culture

Sculpting a piece of clay

Behaviorist: the environment sculpts

The computer

Cognitivist: the mind processes information

Evolution

Constructivist: development is adaptation, like evolution

 

Task 2

Invent a metaphor for the way development is understood in the cultural psychology framework.

           

Task 3

When the logical positivists proposed the notion of ‘operational definition,’ what did they mean?

The variables in an experiment should be defined in terms of operations of measurement and experimental manipulation.