Book Review: Mind in Context: Interactionist Perspectives on Human Intelligence

✍ Scribed by Kathleen Galotti

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 173 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0888-4080
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199606)10:3<269::aid-acp391>3.0.co;2-u

✦ Synopsis

The goal of this volume, the editors state even before we come to the title page, is to "serve as a bridge between the work of radical constructivists, who propose that all cognition depends upon interaction with the outside world, and traditional cognitive scientists, who feel that all cognition resides in the mind". The book contains nine chapters, a mix of theoretical frameworks, literature reviews, and reports of empirical work. As with most edited volumes, the chapters vary in length, clarity and originality.

The chapters authored or co-authored by Sternberg review literature and lay theoretical frameworks. Both chapters are clear, concise, and present new information cogently. Sternberg's chapter with Michael K. Gardner ("Novelty and intelligence") pulls together