Identity and Conservation

Abstract

For several years, we have been studying the development of the concept and perception of identity, and the relationship between the concept of identity and notions of conservation. I know that J. Bruner (Bruner et al., 1966) and other psychologists are looking into the same problem. This is an interesting convergence between bodies of research which are in fact independent; but it is a natural convergence, since it is normal to study identity sooner or later if we are concerned with conservation.