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'''Katherine Nelson''' (1930 – August 10, 2018) was an American [[Developmental psychology|developmental psychologist]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.srcd.org/about-us/news-announcements/memoriam-katherine-nelson-1930-2018|title=In Memoriam: Katherine Nelson (1930 ─ 2018)|work=Society for Research in Child Development|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en}}</ref> a distinguished professor emerita of Psychology at the [[Graduate Center, CUNY|Graduate Center]], [[City University of New York]].<ref>[https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Psychology/Faculty-Bios/Katherine-Nelson Ph.D. Program in Psychology: Emeritus Faculty], CUNY, retrieved 2011-04-19.</ref> |
'''Katherine Nelson''' (1930 – August 10, 2018) was an American [[Developmental psychology|developmental psychologist]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.srcd.org/about-us/news-announcements/memoriam-katherine-nelson-1930-2018|title=In Memoriam: Katherine Nelson (1930 ─ 2018)|work=Society for Research in Child Development|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en}}</ref> a distinguished professor emerita of Psychology at the [[Graduate Center, CUNY|Graduate Center]], [[City University of New York]].<ref>[https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Psychology/Faculty-Bios/Katherine-Nelson Ph.D. Program in Psychology: Emeritus Faculty], CUNY, retrieved 2011-04-19.</ref> |
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[[Jerome Bruner]] described Nelson as a "contextual functionalist" seeking "the contexts that give human acts their meaning" while investigating the functions that these acts play in longer-term scenarios.<ref name="bruner">{{citation|last=Bruner|first=Jerome|title=The development of the mediated mind: sociocultural context and cognitive development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olljdzIWsR8C&pg=PA239|pages=239–244|year=2004|editor-last=Lucariello|editor-first=Joan M.|contribution=Katherine Nelson: Contextual Functionalist|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-8058-4473-3}}.</ref> Similarly, [[Michael Tomasello]] highlighted Nelson's emphasis on "the function of language and linguistic concepts in children's larger conceptual and social lives and, conversely, how children's emerging understanding of the function of linguistic symbols in larger conceptual and social structures makes language acquisition possible."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tomasello|first=Michael|date=2002|title=Things Are What They Do: Katherine Nelson's Functional Approach to Language and Cognition |
[[Jerome Bruner]] described Nelson as a "contextual functionalist" seeking "the contexts that give human acts their meaning" while investigating the functions that these acts play in longer-term scenarios.<ref name="bruner">{{citation|last=Bruner|first=Jerome|title=The development of the mediated mind: sociocultural context and cognitive development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olljdzIWsR8C&pg=PA239|pages=239–244|year=2004|editor-last=Lucariello|editor-first=Joan M.|contribution=Katherine Nelson: Contextual Functionalist|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-8058-4473-3}}.</ref> Similarly, [[Michael Tomasello]] highlighted Nelson's emphasis on "the function of language and linguistic concepts in children's larger conceptual and social lives and, conversely, how children's emerging understanding of the function of linguistic symbols in larger conceptual and social structures makes language acquisition possible."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tomasello|first=Michael|date=2002|title=Things Are What They Do: Katherine Nelson's Functional Approach to Language and Cognition|journal=Journal of Cognition and Development|language=en|volume=3|issue=1|pages=5–19|doi=10.1207/s15327647jcd0301_2|issn=1524-8372}}</ref> In addition to conducting seminal research on children's [[language development]] and its relation to social and [[cognitive development]], Nelson studied [[childhood amnesia]] and the development of [[episodic memory]].<ref>{{citation|title=Studying the Secrets Of Childhood Memory|journal=[[New York Times]]|first=Daniel|last=Goleman|date=April 6, 1993|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/06/science/studying-the-secrets-of-childhood-memory.html}}.</ref> |
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Nelson completed her dissertation research on the organization of [[free recall]] of verbal information in children at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], under the guidance of W. E. Jeffrey and T. Trabasso.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nelson|first=Katherine J.|date=1969|title=The organization of free recall by young children |
Nelson completed her dissertation research on the organization of [[free recall]] of verbal information in children at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], under the guidance of W. E. Jeffrey and T. Trabasso.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nelson|first=Katherine J.|date=1969|title=The organization of free recall by young children|journal=Journal of Experimental Child Psychology|volume=8|issue=2|pages=284–295|doi=10.1016/0022-0965(69)90103-9|issn=0022-0965}}</ref> She was a member of the faculty of [[Yale University]] prior to joining the faculty of the Graduate Center, CUNY, in 1978.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Books== |
==Books== |
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Nelson's book ''Narratives from the Crib'' (Harvard University Press, 2006) investigates the cognitive and linguistic development of a two-year-old, based on an in-depth analysis of the child's [[crib talk]] (pre-sleep monologues).<ref name="bruner"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Falk|first=Julia S.|date=1990|title=Review of Narratives from the Crib |
Nelson's book ''Narratives from the Crib'' (Harvard University Press, 2006) investigates the cognitive and linguistic development of a two-year-old, based on an in-depth analysis of the child's [[crib talk]] (pre-sleep monologues).<ref name="bruner"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Falk|first=Julia S.|date=1990|title=Review of Narratives from the Crib|journal=Language|volume=66|issue=3|pages=558–562|doi=10.2307/414613|jstor=414613}}</ref> |
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Her book ''Language in Cognitive Development: Emergence of the Mediated Mind'' (Cambridge University Press, 1998) stands in contrast to the theories of [[Jean Piaget]] and others that cognitive and linguistic development are independent of each other, and instead views language acquisition as a bridge that connects a child's social and cultural growth with his or her growing knowledge of the world.<ref>{{citation|title=When society is to blame|date=October 16, 1998|journal=[[Times Higher Education]]|first=Janine|last=Spencer|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=161190§ioncode=30}}.</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rooij|first=Vincent A. de|date=1998|title=Language in cognitive development: The emergence of the mediated mind by Katherine Nelson (review)|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/451371/summary|journal=Language|language=en|volume=74|issue=3|pages=684–685|doi=10.1353/lan.1998.0150|issn=1535-0665}}</ref> In collaboration with her former doctoral student [[Robyn Fivush]], she developed a theory that parent-child reminiscing about the past plays a foundational role in the formation of [[autobiographical memory]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Nelson|first1=Katherine|last2=Fivush|first2=Robyn|title=The emergence of autobiographical memory: a social cultural developmental theory.|journal=Psychological Review|date=2004|volume=111|issue=2|pages=486–511| |
Her book ''Language in Cognitive Development: Emergence of the Mediated Mind'' (Cambridge University Press, 1998) stands in contrast to the theories of [[Jean Piaget]] and others that cognitive and linguistic development are independent of each other, and instead views language acquisition as a bridge that connects a child's social and cultural growth with his or her growing knowledge of the world.<ref>{{citation|title=When society is to blame|date=October 16, 1998|journal=[[Times Higher Education]]|first=Janine|last=Spencer|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=161190§ioncode=30}}.</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rooij|first=Vincent A. de|date=1998|title=Language in cognitive development: The emergence of the mediated mind by Katherine Nelson (review)|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/451371/summary|journal=Language|language=en|volume=74|issue=3|pages=684–685|doi=10.1353/lan.1998.0150|issn=1535-0665}}</ref> In collaboration with her former doctoral student [[Robyn Fivush]], she developed a theory that parent-child reminiscing about the past plays a foundational role in the formation of [[autobiographical memory]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Nelson|first1=Katherine|last2=Fivush|first2=Robyn|title=The emergence of autobiographical memory: a social cultural developmental theory.|journal=Psychological Review|date=2004|volume=111|issue=2|pages=486–511|doi=10.1037/0033-295x.111.2.486|pmid=15065919|citeseerx=10.1.1.335.6967}}</ref> |
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== Awards and honors == |
== Awards and honors == |
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In 1999, Nelson was one of four recipients of the [[Society for Research in Child Development]] award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development.<ref>[http://www.srcd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=153&Itemid=0 SRCD Awards History: Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development], retrieved 2011-04-19.</ref> In 2001, a symposium in her honor was held as part of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,<ref>{{citation|title=Faculty activities|url=http://www.gc.cuny.edu/about_gc/365_fifth/2001_summer/newsbriefs_2.htm|journal=365 Fifth: Newsletter of the Graduate Center |
In 1999, Nelson was one of four recipients of the [[Society for Research in Child Development]] award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development.<ref>[http://www.srcd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=153&Itemid=0 SRCD Awards History: Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development], retrieved 2011-04-19.</ref> In 2001, a symposium in her honor was held as part of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,<ref>{{citation|title=Faculty activities|url=http://www.gc.cuny.edu/about_gc/365_fifth/2001_summer/newsbriefs_2.htm|journal=365 Fifth: Newsletter of the Graduate Center|date=Summer 2001}}.</ref> and in 2002 the ''Journal of Cognition and Development'' published a special issue in her honor.<ref>{{citation|title=A Special Issue in Honor of Katherine Nelson: A Special Issue of Journal of Cognition and Development|editor-first=Philip David|editor-last=Zelazo|publisher=Psychology Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-8058-9678-7}}.</ref> In 2008, Nelson received the [[G. Stanley Hall]] Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apadivisions.org/division-7/awards/hall.aspx?tab=3|title=APA G. Stanley Hall Award|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> and her book ''Young Minds in Social Worlds: Experience, Meaning, and Memory'' received the Maccoby Book Award from the [[American Psychological Association]], Division 7.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apadivisions.org/division-7/publications/newsletters/developmental/2008/07-issue.pdf|title=APA Division 7 Newsletter, Summer 2008|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> In 2017, she was honored by the [[Jean Piaget Society]] with a Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 10:00, 9 February 2019
Katherine Nelson | |
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Citizenship | American |
Occupation | Distinguished Professor Emerita |
Spouse | Richard R. Nelson |
Awards | SRCD Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development Award (1999), APA G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology (2008), Jean Piaget Society Lifetime Achievement Award (2017) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Oberlin College, University of California, Los Angeles |
Academic work | |
Institutions | The Graduate Center, CUNY |
Katherine Nelson (1930 – August 10, 2018) was an American developmental psychologist,[1] a distinguished professor emerita of Psychology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.[2]
Jerome Bruner described Nelson as a "contextual functionalist" seeking "the contexts that give human acts their meaning" while investigating the functions that these acts play in longer-term scenarios.[3] Similarly, Michael Tomasello highlighted Nelson's emphasis on "the function of language and linguistic concepts in children's larger conceptual and social lives and, conversely, how children's emerging understanding of the function of linguistic symbols in larger conceptual and social structures makes language acquisition possible."[4] In addition to conducting seminal research on children's language development and its relation to social and cognitive development, Nelson studied childhood amnesia and the development of episodic memory.[5]
Nelson completed her dissertation research on the organization of free recall of verbal information in children at the University of California, Los Angeles, under the guidance of W. E. Jeffrey and T. Trabasso.[6] She was a member of the faculty of Yale University prior to joining the faculty of the Graduate Center, CUNY, in 1978.[1]
Books
Nelson's book Narratives from the Crib (Harvard University Press, 2006) investigates the cognitive and linguistic development of a two-year-old, based on an in-depth analysis of the child's crib talk (pre-sleep monologues).[3][7]
Her book Language in Cognitive Development: Emergence of the Mediated Mind (Cambridge University Press, 1998) stands in contrast to the theories of Jean Piaget and others that cognitive and linguistic development are independent of each other, and instead views language acquisition as a bridge that connects a child's social and cultural growth with his or her growing knowledge of the world.[8] [9] In collaboration with her former doctoral student Robyn Fivush, she developed a theory that parent-child reminiscing about the past plays a foundational role in the formation of autobiographical memory.[10]
She is also the author or co-author of:
- Structure and Strategy in Learning to Talk (University of Chicago Press, 1973)
- Young Children's Knowledge of Relational Terms: Some ifs, ors, and buts (with Lucia A. French, Springer-Verlag, 1985)
- Making Sense: The Acquisition of Shared Meaning (Academic Press, 1985)
- Event Knowledge: Structure and Function in Development (with Janice Gruendel, Psychology Press, 1986)
- Sociocultural Psychology: Theory and Practice of Doing and Knowing (with Ethel Tobach, Cambridge University Press, 1995)
- Conceptual Development: Piaget's Legacy (with Ellin Kofsky Scholnick, Susan A. Gelman, and Patricia H. Miller, Psychology Press, 1999)
- Young Minds in Social Worlds: Experience, Meaning, and Memory (Harvard University Press, 2007)
Selected Articles
- Nelson, K. (1973). Structure and strategy in learning to talk. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 38(1/2), 1-135.
- Nelson, K. (1974). Concept, word, and sentence: Interrelations in acquisition and development. Psychological Review, 81(4), 267-285.
- Nelson, K. (1981). Individual differences in language development: Implications for development and language. Developmental Psychology, 17(2), 170-187.
- Nelson, K. (1988). Constraints on word learning? Cognitive Development, 3(3), 221-246.
- Nelson, K. (1993). The psychological and social origins of autobiographical memory. Psychological Science, 4(1), 7-14.
- Nelson, K., Skwerer, D. P., Goldman, S., Henseler, S., Presler, N., & Walkenfeld, F. F. (2003). Entering a community of minds: An experiential approach to ‘theory of mind’. Human Development, 46(1), 24-46.
- Nelson, R. R., & Nelson, K. (2002). Technology, institutions, and innovation systems. Research Policy, 31(2), 265-272.
Awards and honors
In 1999, Nelson was one of four recipients of the Society for Research in Child Development award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development.[11] In 2001, a symposium in her honor was held as part of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,[12] and in 2002 the Journal of Cognition and Development published a special issue in her honor.[13] In 2008, Nelson received the G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology[14] and her book Young Minds in Social Worlds: Experience, Meaning, and Memory received the Maccoby Book Award from the American Psychological Association, Division 7.[15] In 2017, she was honored by the Jean Piaget Society with a Lifetime Achievement Award.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "In Memoriam: Katherine Nelson (1930 ─ 2018)". Society for Research in Child Development. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ Ph.D. Program in Psychology: Emeritus Faculty, CUNY, retrieved 2011-04-19.
- ^ a b Bruner, Jerome (2004), "Katherine Nelson: Contextual Functionalist", in Lucariello, Joan M. (ed.), The development of the mediated mind: sociocultural context and cognitive development, Psychology Press, pp. 239–244, ISBN 978-0-8058-4473-3.
- ^ Tomasello, Michael (2002). "Things Are What They Do: Katherine Nelson's Functional Approach to Language and Cognition". Journal of Cognition and Development. 3 (1): 5–19. doi:10.1207/s15327647jcd0301_2. ISSN 1524-8372.
- ^ Goleman, Daniel (April 6, 1993), "Studying the Secrets Of Childhood Memory", New York Times.
- ^ Nelson, Katherine J. (1969). "The organization of free recall by young children". Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 8 (2): 284–295. doi:10.1016/0022-0965(69)90103-9. ISSN 0022-0965.
- ^ Falk, Julia S. (1990). "Review of Narratives from the Crib". Language. 66 (3): 558–562. doi:10.2307/414613. JSTOR 414613.
- ^ Spencer, Janine (October 16, 1998), "When society is to blame", Times Higher Education.
- ^ Rooij, Vincent A. de (1998). "Language in cognitive development: The emergence of the mediated mind by Katherine Nelson (review)". Language. 74 (3): 684–685. doi:10.1353/lan.1998.0150. ISSN 1535-0665.
- ^ Nelson, Katherine; Fivush, Robyn (2004). "The emergence of autobiographical memory: a social cultural developmental theory". Psychological Review. 111 (2): 486–511. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.335.6967. doi:10.1037/0033-295x.111.2.486. PMID 15065919.
- ^ SRCD Awards History: Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development, retrieved 2011-04-19.
- ^ "Faculty activities", 365 Fifth: Newsletter of the Graduate Center, Summer 2001.
- ^ Zelazo, Philip David, ed. (2002), A Special Issue in Honor of Katherine Nelson: A Special Issue of Journal of Cognition and Development, Psychology Press, ISBN 978-0-8058-9678-7.
- ^ "APA G. Stanley Hall Award".
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