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A Paunier

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PubMed1989

["Les liaisons dangereuses": reflections on the optimal psychic ties for mental development].

The activity of linking (i.e. the forming and maintaining of psychic ties), essential for mental functioning, is reviewed with reference to three major psychological trends and their contribution to the understanding of thinking: the cognitivist approach based on Piaget's theory; the studies of early interactions; and the psychoanalytical perspective. The case of a ten year old boy with severe learning difficulties is presented to illustrate certain problems in the coordination process which a specialist can elucidate through psychological assessment. Finally, we discuss the reasons for such dysfunctioning as well as the conditions that favour linking activity.

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PubMed1986

[Contradiction, incitement or hindrance to the development of knowledge].

Based on sequences of psychological examinations and the analysis of mental functioning of school children with learning difficulties, the authors propose a discussion around the concept of contradiction, such as envisaged by Piaget as having a fundamental role in the process of access to knowledge. The manner in which the dysfunction is manifested leads them to define different forms of reactions to the contradiction which compromises more or less seriously the development of knowledge. Finally, faced by the quasi existential confrontation which the contradiction represents for these children, they weigh the extent of its consequences on thought mechanisms.

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