Mental process whereby a child can come up with a new description of representations which currently exist within the child's mind, making way for new and more sophisticated use of knowledge.
REPRESENTATIONAL REDESCRIPTION: "Representational redescription was first proposed by British psychologist Annette Karmiloff-Smith."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "REPRESENTATIONAL REDESCRIPTION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/representational-redescription/ (accessed December 4, 2021).
