MICROGENETIC STUDY OF CHANGE WHAT HAS IT TOLD US

The microgenetic method has been advocated by developmentalists as a promising tool in the study of change. Despite convergence of findings across investigators and diverse domains, however, several fundamental questions need to be answered: (a) Is the potential for change specific to periods of developmental transition? (b) Is change domain-general or domain-specific? (c) Why and how does change occur? Answers to these questions bear on the extent to which microgenetic study of change can be interpreted as providing insight into the natural change process.