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