| Sumario: | An affect-symbolic imagery synthesis construct is proposed as a broad explanatory construct for understanding knowledge acquisition in African Americans. The construct defines an affective factor, a stimulus-response diversity/change factor, and a diunital/intuitive analysis and synthesis factor as constituting a culturally unique orientation to learning and problem solving in African Americans. The construct describes learning and problem solving as a holistic process, encompassing both affective and conceptual-expressive factors in complementary organization. Given the holistic nature of African American knowledge acquisition, learning and problem solving should be facilitated in African American children.
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