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Readings on the development of children / edited by Mary Gauvain, Michael Cole.

Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : W.H. Freeman, c1997.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: vi, 284 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0716728605 (soft cover)
  • 9780716728603
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • WS 105 R287 1997
Contents:
Contents Introduction 1. Ecological Models of Human Development 2. Perspectives on Children's Development from Cultural Psychology 3. The Stages of the Intellectual Development of the Child 4. Interaction Between Learning and Development 5. Children of the Garden Island Part I. In the Beginning 6. Neural Plasticity and Human Development 7. Behavioral Aspects of Intergenerational Human Cloning: What Twins Tell Us 8. Of Human Bonding: Newborns Prefer Their Mothers' Voices 9. Neonatal Behavior Among Urban Zambians and Americans 10. Temperament and the Reactions to Unfamiliarity Part II. Infancy 11. Early Rule Structure: The Case of "Peekaboo" 12. The Development of Infant Memory 13. Becoming a Native Listener 14. Early Experience and Emotional Development: The Emergence of Wariness of Heights 15. Patterns of Attachment in Two- and Three-Year-Olds in Normal Families and Families with Parental Depression 16. Facts, Fantasies and the Future of Child Care in the United States Part III. Early Childhood 17. From Communicating to Talking 18. The Credible Shrinking Room: Very Young Children's Performance with Symbolic and Nonsymbolic Relations 19. Belief-Desire Reasoning among Baka Children: Evidence for a Universal Conception of Mind 20. Cultural Differences in American and Mexican Mother-Child Pretend Play 21. Gender and Relationships: A Developmental Account Part IV. Middle Childhood 22. Cognitive Variability: A Key to Understanding Cognitive Development 23. The Role of Age versus Expertise in Peer Collaboration during Joint Planning 24. Children's Perceptions of Their Peer Experiences: Attributions, Loneliness, Social Anxiety, and Social Avoidance 25. How Asian Teachers Polish Each Lesson to Perfection 26. Gender Differences in Masking Negative Emotions: Ability or Motivation? 27. Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns Part V. Adolescence 28. Adolescent Storm and Stress, Reconsidered 29. Sleep Schedules and Daytime Functioning in Adolescents 30. Development of Logical Reasoning in the Context of Parental Style and Test Anxiety 31. Authority, Autonomy, and Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Cohesion: A Study of Adolescents From Mexican, Chinese, Filipino, and European Backgrounds 32. A Developmental Perspective on Antisocial Behavior.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents
Introduction
1. Ecological Models of Human Development
2. Perspectives on Children's Development from Cultural Psychology
3. The Stages of the Intellectual Development of the Child
4. Interaction Between Learning and Development
5. Children of the Garden Island
Part I. In the Beginning
6. Neural Plasticity and Human Development
7. Behavioral Aspects of Intergenerational Human Cloning: What Twins Tell Us
8. Of Human Bonding: Newborns Prefer Their Mothers' Voices
9. Neonatal Behavior Among Urban Zambians and Americans
10. Temperament and the Reactions to Unfamiliarity
Part II. Infancy
11. Early Rule Structure: The Case of "Peekaboo"
12. The Development of Infant Memory
13. Becoming a Native Listener
14. Early Experience and Emotional Development: The Emergence of Wariness of Heights
15. Patterns of Attachment in Two- and Three-Year-Olds in Normal Families and Families with Parental Depression
16. Facts, Fantasies and the Future of Child Care in the United States
Part III. Early Childhood
17. From Communicating to Talking
18. The Credible Shrinking Room: Very Young Children's Performance with Symbolic and Nonsymbolic Relations
19. Belief-Desire Reasoning among Baka Children: Evidence for a Universal Conception of Mind
20. Cultural Differences in American and Mexican Mother-Child Pretend Play
21. Gender and Relationships: A Developmental Account
Part IV. Middle Childhood
22. Cognitive Variability: A Key to Understanding Cognitive Development
23. The Role of Age versus Expertise in Peer Collaboration during Joint Planning
24. Children's Perceptions of Their Peer Experiences: Attributions, Loneliness, Social Anxiety, and Social Avoidance
25. How Asian Teachers Polish Each Lesson to Perfection
26. Gender Differences in Masking Negative Emotions: Ability or Motivation?
27. Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns
Part V. Adolescence
28. Adolescent Storm and Stress, Reconsidered
29. Sleep Schedules and Daytime Functioning in Adolescents
30. Development of Logical Reasoning in the Context of Parental Style and Test Anxiety
31. Authority, Autonomy, and Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Cohesion: A Study of Adolescents From Mexican, Chinese, Filipino, and European Backgrounds
32. A Developmental Perspective on Antisocial Behavior.

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