The French Connection: Some Contributions of French-Language Research in the Post-Piagetian Era.

Presents French-speaking researchers' contribution to differential developmental psychology. Traces methodological and theoretical transformations necessary for understanding individual differences within a general theory of cognitive development. Provides overview of pluralistic and multidimensional model of cognitive functioning/development emerging from French and Swiss researchers. Describes agendas of researchers studying the relationships between inter- and intraindividual differences and general cognitive development. (Author/KB)