Models of Cognitive Development / Ken Richardson.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Richardson, Ken, author.

Series:

• Psychology Press and Routledge classic editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cognition in children.
• Developmental psychology.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 245 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Classic edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Contents:

• 1 Nativist models p. 1
• Contemporary nativism p. 2
• Natural mechanics and natural computations p. 5
• Development of concepts and categories p. 11
• The modular mind p. 15
• Smart infants p. 18
• Hard and soft nativism p. 26
• Criticisms of nativist models p. 29
• Evolution and nativism p. 40
• 2 Associationist models p. 47
• Behaviourism p. 50
• Cognitive associationism p. 53
• Semantic networks p. 55
• Developmental models p. 61
• Covariations, causes, rules and schemas p. 73
• Applications of associationist models p. 76
• Criticisms of associationism p. 79
• 3 Constructivist models p. 87
• Gestalt psychology p. 88
• Modern schema theory p. 89
• Mental models p. 91
• Mandler's theory p. 93
• Piaget's theory p. 94
• Cognition in context p. 119
• Other criticisms of Piaget's theory p. 126
• Piaget's new theory p. 132
• Practical applications of constructivism p. 139
• Criticisms of constructivism in general p. 141
• 4 Sociocognitive models p. 143
• Social nativism p. 144
• Social associationism p. 151
• Social constructivism p. 154
• Piaget and Vygotsky compared p. 165
• 5 Models mixed and models new p. 169
• Nativism with constructivism p. 169
• Nativism with associationism p. 171
• Nativism with constructivism and associationism p. 172
• Connectionism p. 172
• Ecological realism theory p. 181
• Dynamic systems theory p. 185
• Cognitive hyperstructures p. 190
• A confluence of models? p. 210.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

• 036727731X
• 9780367277314
• 9780367276904
• 0367276909

OCLC:

1089870917