The Cultural Context of Learning and Thinking: An Exploration in Experimental Anthropology.

Cole, Michael; And Others

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Title:	The Cultural Context of Learning and Thinking: An Exploration in Experimental Anthropology.
Authors:	Cole, Michael; And Others
Descriptors:	Abstract Reasoning; Associative Learning; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Processes; Cognitive Tests; Culture; Intelligence Tests; Language Acquisition; Learning; Learning Processes; Linguistic Competence; Memory; Nonverbal Learning; Psycholinguistics; Racial Differences; Sociolinguistics; Symbolic Learning; Transfer of Training; Verbal Learning
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Publisher:	Basic Books, Inc., 404 Park Ave. South, New York, N. Y. 10003 ($10.00)
Publication Date:	1971-00-00
Pages:	298
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Abstract:	After intensively studying for several years the thinking processes of members of a tribal group in Western Africa, the Kpelle, the authors examine the relation between culture and cognitive development. The following issues are discussed: (1) an analysis of the terms "culture" and "cognition"; (2) an ethnographic description of the Kpelle culture, with particular attention to the role of classification in the three major classes of learning phenomena: the role of classification in memory and learning, the process by which attributes are combined to form concepts, and the way in which various problems are solved; (3) classification in learning, with special attention to the way in which material is organized by the learner and the teachers; (4) the influence of social factors on concept formation; (5) an analysis of stimulus-specific versus generalized learning; (6) an examination of tasks that vary in complexity and in the importance of verbal formulations for their solution; and, (7) implications of these findings both for future research and for immediate application, particularly the problems posed by the educational performance of America's minority groups. Appendices contain methodological procedures employed as well as a more detailed presentation of the information gathered for this study. (Author/SB)
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