How the child's mind develops / David Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, David, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition in children.

Cognition in infants.

Cognition in adolescence.

Physical Description:

ix, 213 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

"How we learn to think, perceive, remember, talk, reason and learn is a central topic in psychology - and one that sees constant new research. In this very readable book, David Cohen discusses the latest studies and covers all the controversies that have dogged the subject for nearly 150 years. He examines the work of the 'greats' like Piaget, Freud and Vygotsky and shows how the issues that have intrigued psychologists relate to any child growing up today. This book is for everyone who lives with, works with or studies children. David Cohen examines the fundamental issues of how children learn to read and write, of how their intellectual abilities are measured and the development of their morality. He examines child crime and looks at how modern media affect the way the child's mind develops. This fully updated new edition of How the Child's Mind Develops, which incorporates new extracts from a mother's weekly diary, is an integrated and thought-provoking account of the central issues in child development. Parents, professionals and students will find it an invaluable introduction"--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Introduction

The developing brain

The logical child : Piaget's theory of cognitive development

Egocentric or social animals? : the work of Lev Vygotsky

The development of a moral sense

Shared sweetness : the mother child diary

Other people and other minds

The development of memory

Measuring children's cognitive development

Nature or nurture?

Cognitive development in the classroom : reading, writing and arithmetic

Toys are so yesterday : computers, mobiles, iPads and the child as consumer.

Notes:

Revised edition of the author's How the child's mind develops, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cohen, David, 1946- How the child's mind develops.

ISBN:

9781138707528

113870752X

9781138707559

1138707554

OCLC:

991535976