CONSTRUCTIVISM AND DEVELOPMENT - REPLY TO SMITHS COMMENTARY

This article is a reply to the commentary made by Smith (1998) regardi ng these authors' earlier article (1998), which proposes a modified co nstructivist account of the origins of mental representation. This art icle focuses on three aspects of Smith's commentary. First, we elabora te on Smith's discussion of differences between empiricist and constru ctivist approaches to development. Second, we discuss Smith's restatem ent of Piaget's position in terms of four levels of representational c apacities. Finally, we reply to specific comments directed by Smith at our article. (C) 1998 Academic Press.