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The aim of this book is to give an integrative introduction to theory and research on memory development from early childhood to early adulthood. Research on memory development has been stimulated by a shift in both experimental and developmental psychology away from behaviorist theories toward cognitive theories, a shift that emphasizes information processing considerations. The discovery of Piaget by American developmental psychology (Bruner, 1964; Flavell, 1963) also encouraged the cognitive “Zeitgeist” in developmental psychology (Ornstein, 1978a). A “Symposium on Memory Development,” which posed the question, “What actually develops?” (Flavell, 1971) was an additional stimulant.
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Schneider, W., Pressley, M. (1989). A Brief History of Memory Development Research. In: Memory Development Between 2 and 20. Springer Series in Cognitive Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9717-5_1
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