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This chapter sets the stage by summarizing in a tabular format the major contributions of this work. Next, it describes the present Neo-Piagetian stage model, which helps understand the “what” of development, and my conception of the transition mechanisms involved in their growth, which helps understand the “how” or the “why” of development. The summary tables provide a map of the book, as well. The “what” and “why” questions about development are common to the field, and the book emphasizes the value of stage conceptions and the interactive complexity of causal factors underlying their transition. The particular Neo-Piagetian stage model presented consists of 25 steps (5 stages × 5 substages), and it describes parallel cognitive and socioaffective acquisitions. The stages are referred to as reflexive, sensorimotor, perioperational (representational; preoperational and concrete operational), abstract, and collective intelligence. The substages are referred to as coordination, hierarchization, systematization, multiplication, and integration.
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Young, G. (2011). Overview of the Present Work. In: Development and Causality. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9422-6_1
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