Child Psychology's Load-Bearing Metaphors

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Survey of metaphors from developmental psychology that structure theory and practice in education, therapy, and management. Covers Winnicott (holding environment, transitional object), Bowlby (secure base, attachment), Bruner (scaffolding), Vygotsky (ZPD), and Erikson (stages).

Entries (13)

• Apprenticeship in Thinking — metaphor
• Assimilation and Accommodation — metaphor
• Equilibration — metaphor
• Good Enough Mother — metaphor
• Guided Participation — mental-model
• Internalization — metaphor
• Monotropy — mental-model
• More Knowledgeable Other — mental-model
• Proximity Maintenance — mental-model
• Scaffolding — metaphor
• Schema — metaphor
• Stages of Development — metaphor
• Zone of Proximal Development — mental-model