Cognitive development: infancy through adolescence

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.

Machine generated contents note: What Is Cognitive Development? -- Cognitive Realms: An Overview -- Perception -- Attention -- Memory -- Knowledge Representation and Categorization -- Language -- Thinking, Reasoning, and Decision Making -- Academic Skills -- Social Cognition -- Broader Impacts of and on Cognitive Development -- Educational Implications -- Cognition in Cultural Context -- Cognition in Biological Perspective -- Nature and Nurture -- Going Forward -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Key Terms -- Piagetian Theory -- The Sensorimotor Stage -- The Preoperational Stage -- Concrete Operations -- Formal Operations -- Vygotskian Theory and Sociocultural Influences -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Key Terms -- Theories and Frameworks -- Information-Processing Theory -- Learning Theory -- The Modules and Core Knowledge Approach -- A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective -- Dimensions of Cognitive Developmental Theories -- Research Methods for Studying Cognitive Development

Note continued: Longitudinal Versus Cross-Sectional Designs -- Observational Studies and Clinical Interviews -- Correlational Studies -- Experimental Studies -- Quasi-Experimental Studies -- Studies of Brain F…