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Blackwell handbook of childhood cognitive development

This definitive volume is the result of collaboration by top scholars in the field of children's cognition. It provides state-of-the-art summaries of current research by international specialists in different areas of cognitive development, written to be of interest to scholars as well as upper...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Goswami, Usha C
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Blackwell handbooks of developmental psychology
Subjects:
Cognition in children
Cognitieve ontwikkeling
Kinderen
Ontwikkelingspsychologie
Apprentissage cognitif
Développement de l'enfant
Développement de la personnalité
Développement mental
Processus cognitif
Cognition
Child
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Child
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychotherapy > Child & Adolescent
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Child Development
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470996652
Summary: This definitive volume is the result of collaboration by top scholars in the field of children's cognition. It provides state-of-the-art summaries of current research by international specialists in different areas of cognitive development, written to be of interest to scholars as well as upper level students. The Handbook spans aspects of cognitive development from infancy to the onset of adolescence and offers an overview of all the major areas of importance in the field. As well as coverage of basic research topics such as categorization, memory, reasoning and language, the volume include
Carrier Form: xiii, 761 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 620-736) and index.
ISBN: 9780470996652
047099665X
1405142987
9781405142984
0631218408
9780631218401
9781849720823
1849720827
1280197544
9781280197543
Index Number: BF723
CLC: B844.1
Contents: pt. 1. Infancy : the origins of cognitive developoment. Imitation as a mechanism of social cognition : origins of empathy, theory of mind, and the representation of action / Andrew N. Meltzoff -- The development of understanding self and agency / György Gergely -- The acquisition of physical knowledge in infancy : a summary in eight lessons / Renée Baillargeon -- Early categorization : a new synthesis / Paul C. Quinn -- Early word-learning and conceptual development : everything had a name, and each name gave birth to a new thought / Sandra R. Waxman -- Early memory development / Patrici

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