The Role of Continuous Processes in Cognitive Development  

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dc.contributor.authorPfaltz, J. L.
dc.coverage.issue2cs
dc.coverage.volume4cs
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-23T07:53:32Z
dc.date.available2016-08-23T07:53:32Z
dc.date.issued2015cs
dc.description.abstractMany scientists observing the cognitive development in children have noted distinct phases in the way they learn. One phase appears to be a gradual accumulation of experience. Another phase appears to be a reorganization of those experiences to make them more useful. In this paper we show how mathematical closure concepts can be used to abstractly model these cognitive processes. Closed sets, which we will call knowledge units, represent tight collections of experience, facts, or skills, etc. Associated with each knowledge unit is the notion of its generators consisting of those attributes which characterize it. Finally, we provide a rigorous mathematical model of these di erent kinds of learning in terms of continuous and discontinuous transformations. There are illustrations of both kinds of transformation, together with necessary and su cient criteria for certain kinds of transformation to be continuous. By using a rigorous de nition, one can derive necessary alternative properties which may be more easily observed in experimental situations. The formal mathematics is illustrated with reference to Lev Vygotsky's view of cognitive psychology, but it is not a veri cation of his model. We believe that this concept of \continuity" can be re ned to test, and possibly verify, his and other models of cognitive behavior.en
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dc.format.extent129-152cs
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dc.identifier.citationMathematics for Applications. 2015 vol. 4, č. 2, s. 129-152. ISSN 1805-3629cs
dc.identifier.doi10.13164/ma.2015.11en
dc.identifier.issn1805-3629
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11012/63094
dc.language.isoencs
dc.publisherVysoké učení technické v Brně, Fakulta strojního inženýrství, Ústav matematikycs
dc.relation.ispartofMathematics for Applicationsen
dc.relation.urihttp://ma.fme.vutbr.cz/archiv/4_2/ma_4_2_pfaltz_final.pdfcs
dc.rights© Vysoké učení technické v Brně, Fakulta strojního inženýrství, Ústav matematikycs
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dc.titleThe Role of Continuous Processes in Cognitive Development  en
dc.type.driverarticleen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
eprints.affiliatedInstitution.departmentÚstav matematikycs
eprints.affiliatedInstitution.facultyFakulta strojního inženýrstvícs
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