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Advances in Child Development and Behavior

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ISBN-10: 0120097311

ISBN-13: 9780120097319

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robert V. Kail

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Advances in Child Development and Behavioris intended to ease the task faced by researchers, instructors, and students who are confronted by the vast amount of research and theoretical discussion in child development and behavior. The serial provides scholarly technical articles with critical reviews, recent advances in research, and fresh theoretical viewpoints. Volume 30discusses early recall memory, balance and motor learning, sexual selection, emotion-related regulation, maternal sensitivity and attachment, and influences of friends.
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Book details

List price: $126.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 10/2/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

Contributors
Preface
Beyond Point And Shoot: Children's Developing Understanding of Photographs as Spatial and Expressive Representations
A Photographic Vision
Beneath the Photographic Surface
Empirical Investigations of Photographic Development
The Larger Developmental Picture
References
Probing the Adaptive Significance of Children's Behavior and Relationships in the School Context: A Child by Environment Perspective
Introduction
Primary Premises and Findings from Research Guided by "Main Effects" Models
Primary Premises and Findings from Research Guided by "Child by Environment" Models
Summary and Conclusions
References
The Role of Letter Names in the Acquisition of Literacy
Introduction
Letter Names in English and Other Alphabetic Writing Systems
Children's Learning of Letter Names
Children's Learning of Letter Sounds
Role of Letter Names in Learning to Read Words
Role of Letter Names in Learning to Spell Words
Conclusions
References
Early Understandings of Emotion, Morality, and Self: Developing a Working Model
Internal Working Models and Relationships
Internal Working Models and Cognitive Growth
Developing a Working Model
Conclusion: The Impact of Relationships on Emotion, Morality--and the Self
References
Working Memory in Infancy
Introduction
Toward a Definition of WM in Infants
Research on WM in Infants
Frontiers of Research on WM in Infants
References
The Development of a Differentiated Sense of the Past and the Future
The Past and Future in Children's and Parents' Language
Differentiation of the Past and of the Future
Differentiation Between the Past and the Future
Conclusions and Directions for Future Research
References
The Development of Cognitive Flexibility and Language Abilities
What is Flexible Cognition?
Developing Toward...? Adults' Flexible Cognitive Processing of Meanings and Messages
Toward a Model of Flexible Representation in Language Processing
Children's Flexible Thinking About Meanings and Messages
Questions and Conclusions
References
A Bio-Social-Cognitive Approach to Understanding and Promoting The Outcomes of Children with Medical and Physical Disorders
Introduction
Theoretical Models Employed to Understand the Experiences of Children with Medical and Physical Disorders
Optimizing the Outcomes of Children with Medical and Physical Disorders
Integration
References
Expanding Our View of Context: The Bio-ecological Environment and Development
Starting with the Psychosocial Environment
Going Beyond the Psychosocial: The Bio-ecological Environment
The Bio-ecological Environment and Children's Development
Bringing it All Together: A Converging Structural and Conceptual Framework
Conclusions
References
Pathways to Early Literacy: The Complex Interplay of Child, Family, and Sociocultural Factors
Introduction
Child Factors and Early Literacy Development
Parenting and Early Literacy Development
Sociocultural Factors and Early Literacy Development
Schooling Influences and Children's Early Literacy Development
Dynamic Relations Between Child, Family, & Sociocultural Factors, Schooling Influences and Early Literacy Skills
Conclusion
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Contents of Previous Volumes