Features of Symbolic Mediation in Early School-Age Children

The paper discusses the problem of the correlation between symbolic and sign mediation. The study involved 87 early school-age children and showed that the specificity of symbolic mediation is determined by the replacement of orientation in reality with orientation in the characteristics of a symbol, the latter helping the child to interpret concrete situations. The study also revealed that children use symbolic mediation in cognitive situations with a high degree of ambiguity.

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