The Development of Concepts.
We have examined some of the neural processes that are involved in the development of concepts (abstraction, imagery and generalization).
But the development of a concept is a dynamic process that begins at a point in time and then keeps growing and changing with maturation and experience.
We will now be looking at how the concepts grow and change with time. One of the descriptions of this process that I find most meaningful has been provided by Newell Kephart in his book Learning Disabilities.
Kephart dichotomizes the modalities into two types: Distal and Proximal.
The Proximal Modalities are those whose transducers come into physical contact with their referents.