How the child's mind develops
by Cohen, David
How do we get from helpless baby to knowing, ironic teenager? Is cognition a matter of learning and environment or is it a matter of heredity? Cognitive development - how we learn to think, perceive, remember, talk, reason and learn - is a central topic in the field of psychology. This work discusses the key theories, research and controversies that have shaped and informed our knowledge of how the child's mind develops in a way that is accessible to all those who live with, work with or study …
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- Full title :How the child's mind develops / David Cohen.
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How do we get from helpless baby to knowing, ironic teenager? Is cognition a matter of learning and environment or is it a matter of heredity? Cognitive development - how we learn to think, perceive, remember, talk, reason and learn - is a central topic in the field of psychology. This work discusses the key theories, research and controversies that have shaped and informed our knowledge of how the child's mind develops in a way that is accessible to all those who live with, work with or study children.; It shows how the questions and issues that have intrigued psychologists over the past 100 years or so relate to the child growing up in the 21st century.
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- Publication Date:2002.
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- Publisher(s):Routledge, Taylor & Francis
- Place of Publication:Hove [England]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2002.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (ix, 207 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0203993993, 9780203993996, 9780415216548, 0415216540, 1280141204, 9781280141201, 9786610141203, 6610141207
- oclc:ocm61403974
- LC Classification:BF723.C5
- Dewey Decimal:155.413
Table of Contents
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1 The developing brain; 2 The logical child: Piaget's theory of cognitive development; 3 Egocentric or social animals? The work of Lev Vygotsky; 4 The development of a moral sense; 5 Other people and other minds; 6 The development of memory; 7 Measuring children's cognitive development; 8 Nature or nurture?; 9 Cognitive development in the classroom: Reading, writing and arithmetic; 10 Television, toys and the child as consumer; References; Index
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