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SUMMARY:Becoming Symbol-Minded - Professor Judy DeLoache\, University of V
 irginia
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CONTACT:Nichola Daily
DESCRIPTION:*ABSTRACT*:  Every society has a wealth of symbols and symbol 
 systems that all children must master to participate fully in their societ
 y. In the process of learning to use symbolic objects such as pictures\, m
 odels\, and replica objects\, infants and young children experience a surp
 rising amount of difficulty. Often they fail to appreciate the distinction
  between symbols and their referents\, behaving toward symbolic artifacts 
 as if they were the objects they stand for. The extended\nprocess of becom
 ing symbol-minded begins in the first year of life\, as infants start to l
 earn about the nature of pictures\; through experience\, they discover bot
 h what pictures are and what they are not. Slightly older children have su
 bstantial difficulty understanding and using scale models\, but rapidly co
 me to appreciate the nature and use of this type of symbol. Mastery of the
 se different types of symbolic objects involves developmental progress in 
 multiple domains.\n\n\n*BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE*:  Judy DeLoache is the William 
 R. Kennan\, Jr. Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. The
  primary focus of her research is the emergence and early development of t
 he understanding and use of symbolic objects\, including pictures and mode
 ls.  Professor DeLoache is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Scie
 nces\, the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Assoc
 iation for Psychological Science\, and the American Psychological Associat
 ion. She has been a Visiting Scholar in the Psychology Departments of Oxfo
 rd\, Stanford\, Harvard\, and New York University\, as well as Fellow in r
 esidence at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Pa
 lo Alto and at the Rockefeller Foundation Study Center in Bellagio\, Italy
 .
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ in ro
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