Drawing on both classic and current approaches, I propose a theory that integrates motivation, personality, and development within one framework, using a common set of …
'How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood and turned my understanding upside down'–Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point …
We propose that human social cognition is structured around a basic understanding of ourselves and others as intuitive utility maximizers: from a young age, humans implicitly …
The distinction between intuitive and analytic thinking is common in psychology. However, while often being quite clear on the characteristics of the two processes ('Type 1'processes …
F Xu - Psychological review, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
This article provides a synthesis and overview of a theory of cognitive development, rational constructivism. The basic tenets of this view are as follows:(a) Initial state: Human infants …
Children's causal learning has been characterized as a rational process, in which children appropriately evaluate evidence from their observations and actions in light of their existing …
L Schulz - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2012 - cell.com
Analogies between scientific theories and children's folk theories have been central to the study of cognitive development for decades. In support of the comparison, numerous studies …
Abstract Reasoning under uncertainty is the bread and butter of everyday life. Many areas of psychology, from cognitive, developmental, social, to clinical, are interested in how …
F Xu, T Kushnir - Current Directions in Psychological …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
What is the nature of human learning, and what insights can be gained from understanding early learning in infants and young children? This is an important question for understanding …