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Fundamentals of developmental psychology /
This new edition of the highly successful Fundamentals of Development: The Psychology of Childhood has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the exciting new findings in the thriving area of developmental psychology. The book addresses a number of fascinating questions including:Are childre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
©2013.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; FUNDAMENTALS OF Developmental Psychology; Copyright; Contents; Illustration credits; About the authors; Foreword; 1 Themes and perspectives in developmental psychology; INTRODUCTION; BEHAVIORISM; NATIVISM; MATURATION AND ETHOLOGY; STAGE THEORIES: FREUD AND PIAGET; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; Summary; 2 Methodological approaches; INTRODUCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE; RESEARCH BASED ON OBSERVATIONS OF BEHAVIOR: INFANCY; RESEARCH BASED ON CHILDREN'S ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES; Summary; 3 The development of thinking; INTRODUCTION; STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
- PIAGET'S EXPLANATION OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTTRADITIONAL LEARNING THEORY AS A CONTRASTING EXPLANATION OF DEVELOPMENT; A SUPPLEMENT TO PIAGET'S THEORY: SELF-CENTERED ADOLESCENTS; Summary; 4 Does Piaget's theory stand up to examination?; INTRODUCTION; INFANT COMPETENCE; COMPETENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD; CONCRETE THOUGHT IN ADOLESCENCE; THE IMPACT OF POST-PIAGETIAN RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTIVISM AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM; Summary; 5 What children understand about the mind; INTRODUCTION; YOUNG CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDING OF BELIEFS; HAVE CHILDREN BEEN UNDERESTIMATED?; IS DEVELOPMENT STAGE-LIKE?
- WHAT CAUSES DEVELOPMENT?COMPETENCE IN DECEPTION; DO INFANTS ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND FALSE BELIEFS?; Summary; 6 Developmental disorders; INTRODUCTION; AUTISM; ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD); TOURETTE SYNDROME; FRAGILE X; RETT'S SYNDROME; DOWN'S SYNDROME; TURNER SYNDROME; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; CEREBRAL PALSY; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; Summary; 7 Autism; INTRODUCTION; THE THEORY OF MIND HYPOTHESIS; CAN SOME CHILDREN WITH AUTISM ACKNOWLEDGE FALSE BELIEF?; INFLEXIBILITY IN THOUGHT; WEAK CENTRAL COHERENCE; Summary.
- 8 Numerical development: What do young children understand about the world of numbers?INTRODUCTION; WHAT DO INFANTS KNOW ABOUT NUMBERS?; HAS INFANTS' NUMBER UNDERSTANDING BEEN OVERESTIMATED?; EVIDENCE FOR A FI RM UNDERSTANDING OF SOME NUMBERS IN INFANTS; BORN TO DO NUMBERS?; THE NUMERICAL HYPOTHESIS: NUMBER SENSE FROM ANIMALS TO INFANTS; CAN A NUMBER SENSE EXPLAIN INFANTS' UNDERSTANDING?; COUNT ON ME; PIAGET REVISITED; DOES COUNTING REPLACE NUMBER SENSE?; TWO SYSTEMS FOR NUMBERS; Summary; 9 Developing an ability to draw; INTRODUCTION; INTELLECTUAL REALISM.
- IS INTELLECTUAL REALISM CONFINED TO EARLY CHILDHOOD?SIZE OF DRAWING AS AN INDICATION OF SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TOPIC; CHILDREN'S DRAWINGS IN CASES OF INCEST; Summary; 10 Developing an ability to see the world; INTRODUCTION; PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD AS 3-D; PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL STIMULI; THE ROLE OF EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING IN PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT; Summary; 11 The role of heredity and environment in intelligence; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS INHERITED?; INTELLIGENCE: HEREDITY VERSUS ENVIRONMENT; DESCRIBING AND TESTING THE CONCEPT OF INTELLIGENCE; PROBLEMS WITH TESTING INTELLIGENCE.