The social, the possible and the necessary: a theoretical model for the explanation of novelty
| Résumé |
We propose a theoretical discussion on Piaget’s model on the real,
the possible and the necessary, within Valsiner’s child development
theory (1997), showing how constraints operate defining the field of
possibles at a psychological level (Piaget, 1983). For
metatheoretical analysis (Laudan, 1977; Castorina, 2007; Valsiner,
2017) intrinsic to dialogue attempt between theories, we outline
three areas where relationships are established: a) Entities
composing the world b) Nature of relationships between existents c)
Change and transformation. Critical realism, complex system theory
and dialectical perspective constitute the basis for both models.
Piaget’s can explain relationships between Valsiner’s Zone of
Promoted Action (ZPA) and Zone of Free Movement (ZFM) (1997), and
the construction of the latter. Relationships between psychological
possibles and what we present as “social possibles” specifies within
children’s areas for movement and thinking (ZFM) a process leading
to novel forms, creations beyond social possibles. This can help
understand that different subjects may behave differently in
similar settings, even in situations of fictional play, creation of
psychological possibles and usage of imagination or creation appears
more clearly for some, whereas for others, conditions of
possibility, conquests of limitations in the field of possibles is
yet to be attained or enabled in interaction. |
| Mots-clés |
Child development - social possibles - gender - play |
| Citation | Cabra, M., & Zittoun, T. (2018). The social, the possible and the necessary: a theoretical model for the explanation of novelty. Presented at 48th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
| Type | Présentation (Anglais) |
| Date | 31-5-2018 |
| Evénement | 48th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
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