Written in Kathleen M. Galotti's signature engaging style, this text is a dynamic examination of cognitive development from infancy through adolescence. Updated and reorganized throughout, the Second Edition of Cognitive Development weaves together a variety of theoretical perspectives while considering issues of research methodology. Introductory chapters cover theoretical and developmental frameworks and are followed by chronologically arranged chapters, giving undergraduate and graduate students an understanding of the "whole" child in an accessible, intuitive framework.
... Peter Sutherland should be credited with making a significant contribution towards achieving this fundamental goal' - "Educational Psychology in Practice " ... this book deserves to become a classic in the field.
How does cognition develop in infants, children and adolescents? This handbook presents a cutting-edge overview of the field of cognitive development, spanning basic methodology, key domain-based findings and applications.
First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
"Building on the framework for teaching cognitive development presented in the first edition, Goswami shows how different cognitive domains such as language, causal reasoning and theory of mind may emerge from automatic neural perceptual ...
The theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, Eisenburg and Bruner are discussed. The book is suitable for the AQA-A A2 level examination and students studying cognitive development for the first time at undergraduate level.
Cognitive Development, Its Cultural and Social Foundations
For example, imagine that you are shown an apparatus consisting of a box painted half green and half orange which sits on top of a wooden stand. The box is linked by a piece of rubber tubing 34 inches long to another box, which has a ...
... 180, 181, 190 Pastorelli, C. 153 Pearson, D.G. 9 Pellegrino, J.W. 64 Petterson, L. 183 Phillips, W.A. 200 Piaget, ... E.S. 182 Reese, H.W. 59, 60, 67, 77 Reilly, R. 181 Resnick, J.S. 38 Reykowski, J. 151 Reynolds, S.B. 79 Richards, ...
This volume considers how children's thinking evolves during development, with a focus on the role of experience in causing change.
Originally published in 1983, each chapter in this book addresses itself to major issues in the area and the advances that were being made at the time.