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Cognitive Development

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ISBN-10: 0137915756

ISBN-13: 9780137915750

Edition: 4th 2002 (Revised)

Authors: John H. Flavell, Patricia H. Miller, Scott A. Miller

List price: $173.00
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A core text for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in Cognitive Development; graduate-level courses in Advanced Developmental Psychology; and a supplemental text for sophomore through graduate-level courses in Human 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 numerous forms of childhood cognition including perception, memory, and language. More theoretically balanced than other texts, it considers the full spectrum of approachesfrom Piaget's…    
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Book details

List price: $173.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 5/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Preface
Introduction
A Definition of Cognition
Perspectives on the Development of the Human Cognitive System
An Overview of the Book
Summary
Infant Perception
Methods of Studying Infant Perception
Vision
Audition
Relating Information from Different Senses
Summary
Infant Cognition
The Piagetian Approach
The Object Concept
Other Infant Achievements
Some General Conclusions
Summary
Representation and Concepts
Symbolic-Representational Abilities
Event Knowledge and Scripts
Concepts and Categories
Biological Concepts
Basic Numerical Abilities
Summary
Reasoning and Problem Solving
Reasoning: Piaget's View
Reasoning: Other Perspectives
Scientific Thinking
Problem Solving
Summary
Social Cognition
The Nature of Social Cognition
Similarities and Differences between Social and Nonsocial Cognition
Social-Cognitive Development during Infancy
Children's Knowledge about the Mind
Understanding Traits and other Psychological Bases of Behavior
Knowledge about Self
Understanding Social Relationships
Summary
Memory
Some Concepts and Distinctions
Infant Memory
Remembering Events
Strategies
Knowledge
Metamemory
Capacity
Current Issues in Memory Development
Summary
Language
Preverbal Developments
Methods of Study
One-Word Utterances
Two-Word Utterances
Later Developments
Explaining Language Development: Semantics
Explaining Language Development: Grammar
Summary
Questions and Problems
Diagnosis
Patterns
Cognitive Change
Summary
References
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
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