ABSTRACT
One of the major themes in developmental science is continuity and change. Developmental scientists are interested in what aspects of function show stability across developmental time and what aspects show substantial and significant change over time. This theme is particularly salient for me as I write this chapter because my association with the individual whom we honor, namely, Jean M. Mandler, was for me personally, a source of profound developmental change in my years as a postdoctoral fellow with her, from 1985 to 1989. By the same token, Jean Mandler contributed to continuity in my developmental processes in that the broader issues and questions on which I started working during my years in residence with her have remained at the center of my research program. In many respects, I view this chapter as a report on the progress that I have made since finishing my postdoctoral fellowship and leaving for the University of Minnesota, approximately a decade ago.
