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Hayley Thomson A5PL04 How Children Develop and Learn Outcome 2 Jerome Bruner Jerome Bruner was born in New York City in 1915. At the age of 17 he began studying at Duke University, and then at Harvard where he received his PhD in 1947. He became a member of a faculty after gaining his PhD, and obtained the position as professor of psychology, as well as director and founder of the Centre for Cognitive Studies. 'During World War 2, Bruner worked as a social psychologist exploring propaganda public opinion and social attitudes for U.S. Army intelligence.' www.infed.org In the 1940's, Bruner began working alongside Leo Postman, on the ways in which perception is influenced by motivations, needs and expectations (mental sets). They analysed perception from an operative orientation. Bruner also started inspecting the function of procedures in the course of human categorisation, and more commonly, the evolution of human cognition. This led him to a great interest...

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