Social understanding and social lives : from toddlerhood through to the transition to school / laire Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Claire, author.

Series:

Essays in developmental psychology.

Essays in developmental psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social perception in children.

Socialization.

Child development.

Child psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, N.Y. : Psychology Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past thirty years, researchers have documented a remarkable growth in children's social understanding between toddlerhood and the early school years. However, it is still unclear why some children's awareness of others' thoughts and feelings lags so far behind that of their peers. Based on research that spans an extended developmental period, this book examines this question from both social and cognitive perspectives, and investigates the real-life significance of individual differences in theory of mind. After tracing the key age-related changes in the development of theor

Contents:

Milestones in social understanding, from infancy to school age

Executive function and children's understanding of mind

Language and theory of mind: a cognitive perspective

Language and theory of mind: a social perspective

Parenting and children's social understanding

Siblings and children's social understanding

Social understanding and antisocial behaviour

Social understanding and positive social behaviours

Social understanding and school life

Emerging themes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-136-69846-9

1-283-10305-2

9786613103055

1-136-69847-7

0-203-81322-7

9780203813225

OCLC:

764571812