Cognitive Development

Cutting-edge And Big-picture In Perspective, This Popular Introduction To Cognitive Development Focuses On Both The Fascinating Nature Of Children's Thinking And The Excitement And Change In Work In This Area. Using An Integrated Topical Approach, It Explores The Developmental Aspects Of Social Cognition, Perception, Memory, And Language. Theoretically Balanced, It Considers The Full Spectrum Of Approaches--from Piaget's Developmental Stages, To Information-processing (including Connectionism), Dynamic Systems, Contextual, Theory-change, Neo-piagetian, Evolutionary, Neuroscience, And Constraint Approaches. Infant Perception. Infant Cognition. Representation And Concepts. Reasoning And Problem Solving. Social Cognition/theory Of Mind. Memory. Language. For Anyone Interested In Child Development, Including Parents, Students, And Those In Psychology, Social Work, Education, Etc. 1. Introduction. A Definition Of Cognition. The Nature And Development Of The Human Cognitive System: Four Views -- 2. Infancy. Infant Perception. Infant Cognition -- 3. Early Childhood. Symbolic-representational Skills: Pictures, Models, And Pretend Play. Event Knowledge And Scripts. Concepts And Categories. Theory Of Mind: Children As Mind Readers. Basic Numerical Abilities -- 4. Middle Childhood And Adolescence. Piaget's View Of Middle Childhood And Adolescence. Other Developmental Trends During Middle Childhood And Adolescence. Scientific Thinking -- 5. Social Cognition. The Nature Of Social Cognition: Three Models. Similarities And Differences Between Social And Nonsocial Cognition. Social-cognitive Development During Infancy. Understanding Emotions. Understanding Percepts. Knowledge About Personal Attributes. Knowledge About The Causes Of Behavior. Understanding Social Relationships -- 6. Memory. Some Concepts And Distinctions. Infant Memory. Strategies. Knowledge. Metamemory. Capacity. Current Issues In Memory Development -- 7. Language. Preverbal Developments. One-word Utterances. Two-word Utterances. Later Developments. Explaining Language Development -- 8. Questions And Problems. Diagnosis. John H. Flavell, Patricia H. Miller, Scott A. Miller. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 350-395) And Indexes.