ABSTRACT

First published in 1997. Volume 6 in the series titled Jean Piaget: Selected Works. The authors of this title, having studied all aspects of the development of intellectual operations, and having attempted to analyse some of the characteristics of perceptual development, felt it was necessary to tackle the question of the evolution of mental images. These ten chapters provide digestible commentary and discussion on the classification, reproduction, and transformation of mental images - with focus on kinetic images, anticipatory images and the spatial image.

part 1|14 pages

Classification of Images and Statement of the Problems

part 2|35 pages

Experiments on Elementary Static and Kinetic Reproductive Images

part 3|50 pages

Kinetic Reproductive Images

part 4|61 pages

Kinetic Anticipatory Images

part 5|37 pages

Reproductive Images of Transformations

part 6|31 pages

Anticipatory Transformation Images

part 7|29 pages

Static Reproductive Images and Action

part 8|59 pages

Mental Images and Operations

part 9|34 pages

The Spatial Image and ‘Geometrical Intuition'

part 10|40 pages

General Conclusion