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maya
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This chapter provided great insight into how research with children is carried out, and clearly layed out the types of speech (either socialised or egocentric) - repetition, pure monologues, collective monologues, adapted information, criticism, commands, questions, and answers. Overall, 6-7 year old children speak mostly for themselves, to 'accompany and reinforce individual activity'.
— Jul 12, 2026 06:13AM
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maya
is 54% done
I bite off more than I can chew with this book, as highly scientific & researchy as it is. Chapter 3 reveals that children between 6-7 years old don't understand each other due to egocentrism. What was most interesting to me is their inability to express relations, using 'and then' simply to demonstrate the idea has come into their mind rather than denoting cause or sequence. Yes, everything is due to egocentrism...
— Aug 15, 2026 07:39AM
maya
is 34% done
I left my Kindle on the airplane and couldn't read for a while until I got it back - oops.
Anyway! This chapter describes the stages of conversation and spends most of the time operationalising the different categories of speech in conversation. It touches upon the differences in age as well, explaining how egocentrism shapes the conversation of children in the pre-operational stage.
— Jul 23, 2026 08:39AM
Anyway! This chapter describes the stages of conversation and spends most of the time operationalising the different categories of speech in conversation. It touches upon the differences in age as well, explaining how egocentrism shapes the conversation of children in the pre-operational stage.
maya
is 34% done
I left my Kindle on the airplane and couldn't read for a while until I got it back - oops.
Anyway! This chapter describes the stages of conversation and spends most of the time operationalising the different categories of speech in conversation. It touches upon the differences in age as well, explaining how egocentrism shapes the conversation of children in the pre-operational stage.
— Jul 23, 2026 08:39AM
Anyway! This chapter describes the stages of conversation and spends most of the time operationalising the different categories of speech in conversation. It touches upon the differences in age as well, explaining how egocentrism shapes the conversation of children in the pre-operational stage.
maya
is 5% done
As a person thoroughly interested in psychology and human development, I'm super excited to start reading this!!
— Jul 07, 2026 10:17AM