The child's conception of physical causality
Our encounters with the physical world are filled with miraculous puzzles-wind appears from somewhere, heavy objects (like oil tankers) float on oceans, yet smaller objects go to the bottom of our water-filled buckets. As adults, instead of confronting a whole world, we are reduced to driving from o...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge
1999, c1930.
London : 1999. |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Developmental psychology ;
18. International library of psychology ; 80. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797966306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- THE CHILD'S CONCEPTION OF PHYSICAL CAUSALITY; Copyright; Contents; Section I: Explanation of Movement; Chapter I. Experiments Concerning the Nature of air; 1. Pressure of the hands; 2. The air of the punctured ball, of the tube, and of the pump; 3. The making of air and the movement of projectiles; 4. Centrifugal force; Chapter II. The Origin of Wind and of Breath; 1.The formation of wind; 2. Breathing; Chapter III. Movement of the Clouds and the Heavenly Bodies; 1. The movement of clouds,; 2. The movement of the heavenly bodies
- Chapter IV. Water Currents and Movements due to Weight 1. The waves of the lake; 2. The current of rivers; 3. The suspension of the sun and moon, and the fall of heavy bodies to the ground; Chapter V. The Child's idea of Force; 1. How the child explains movement; 2. Definition of the idea of force; 3. Origin of the idea of force; Section II: Prediction and Explanation; Chapter VI. The Floating of Boats; 1. First and second stages: boats float for moral or dynamic reasons
- 2. Third stage: boats float owing to their own or to acquired movement and because they are light in relation to the total mass of water 3. Boats float for static reasons; Chapter VII.The Level of Water; 1. First stage: the water rises because of the weight of the submerged body; 2. Second and third stages: the rôle of volume is understood and made explicit; 3. Conclusions; 4. Prediction and explanation of the phenomenon of communicating vessels in children from 8 to 12 years old; Chapter VIII. The Problem of Shadows
- 1. First stage: shadow is a substance emanating from the object and participating with night 2. Second stage: shadow is a substance emanating from the object alone; 3. Third stage: shadow is a substance which flees from light; 4. Conclusions; Section III: Explanation of Machines; Chapter IX. The Mechanism of Bicycles; 1. First stage: the cause of the movement is synthetic; 2. Second stage: the various parts are necessary but unrelated; 3. Third and fourth stages: the search for contacts and mechanical explanation; Chapter X. The Steam-Engine
- 1. First stage: the wheel turns because of the fire 2. Second stage: the wheel turns because of the water; 3. Third stage: the wheel turns because of the steam; Chapter XI.Trains, Motor-Cars, and Aeroplanes; 1. Steam-engines and motor-boats; 2. Motorcars and aeroplanes; 3. Conclusions; Section IV: The Child's Conception of Reality and Causality; Summary and Conclusion; 1. The child's reality; 2. Causality and the child; 3. The child's idea of law; 4. Assimilation and imitation; 5. Child logic; 6. Logic and reality; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
