Title: Childhood cognitive development : the essential readings /
Authors: Lee, Kang.
Publisher: Blackwell,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Cognition in children.; Child Development; Cognition; Child
Abstract: "Like any other field of scientific inquiry, cognitive development research is constantly evolving, undergoing its own exciting developments. Childhood Cognitive Developments: The Essential Readings introduces the reader to this dynamic subject and to some of the current research controversies." "Each of the articles has been chosen for its reflection of the evolution and diversity of research and thinking within the area of cognitive development, together with its accessibility to students at all levels. The articles are both introduced and contextualized by the editor, and suggestions for further reading give students a starting point for exploration of the key topics in childhood cognitive development."--Jacket.
Contents: The History and Future of Cognitive Development Research: "Cognitive Development: Past, Present, and Future" / J.H. Flavell -- Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development: "Piaget's Theory" / J. Piaget -- Developmental Research: Microgenetic Method: "Cognitive Variablity: A Key to Understanding Cognitive Development" / R.S. Siegler -- Information Processing and Connectionism: "Development in a Connetionist Framework: Rethinking the Nature/Nurture Debate" / K. Plunkett -- Motor Learning and Development: "Three-Month-Old Infants Can Learn Task-Specific Patterns of Interlimb Coordination" / E. Thelen -- Attention: "Facilitation of Saccades Toward a Covertly Attended Location in Early Infancy" / M.H. Johnson, M.I. Posner, and M. Rothbart -- Perceptual Development: "Young Infants' Perception of Object Unity: Implcation for Develompent of Attentional and Cognitive Skills" / S.P. Johnson -- Early Numerical Knowledge: "Infants Possess a System of Numerical Knowledge" / K. Wynn --^