认知复杂性与意识水平:Zelazo理论述评

Zelazo等人提出的认知复杂性和控制理论、意识水平模型认为可在问题解决框架内理解执行功能,且执行功能的变化可根据儿童形成和使用的最大规则复杂性的变化来描述,而规则复杂性的变化可根据儿童意识水平的变化来解释。Zelazo的理论提出后受到不少研究者的关注,但也存在一些问题和不足。

Cognitive Complexity and Conscious Levels: A Review on Zelazo's Theory

Cognitive complexity and the control theory and the levels-of-consciousness model developed by Zelazo and his colleagues suggest that executive function should be understood in the problem-solving framework and it changes with the maximum complexity of rules that children can formulate and use while solving problems,which in turn is influenced by the change of children's level of consciousness.Although some new researches and theories have been inspired by Zelazo's theory,several problems about the theory still remain unresolved.