Advances in child development and behavior. Volume 23 / edited by Hayne W. Reese.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reese, Hayne Waring, 1931-

Series:

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Advances in child development and behavior ; v.23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child psychology.

Developmental psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego ; London : Academic Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

ADV IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT &BEHAVIOR V23

Contents:

Front Cover; Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 23; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Structure of Developmental Theory; I. lntroduction; II. Science and Values; III. Philosophy and Science; IV. Aims of Science; V. The Origin of Scientific Activity; VI. From Common Sense to Scientific knowledge; VII. Developmental Theories; References; Chapter 2. Questions a Satisfying Developmental Theory Would Answer: The Scope of a Complete Explanation of Development Phenomena; I. Introduction; II. A Good Developmental Theory; III. Summary; Refrrence

Chapter 3. The Development of World Views: Toward Future Synthesis?I. Introduction; II.Developmental Changes in Overton's Theory; References; Chapter 4. Metaphor, Recursive Systems, and Paradox in Science and Developmental Theory; I. Introduction; II.Murray's and Scholnick's Commentaries; III. Summary; References; Chapter 5. Children's Iconic Realism: Object versus Property Realism; I. Introduction: Piaget's Childhood Realism and Its Critics; II. Photographic Knowledge; III. Pictorial Perception: Empirical Evidence; IV. The Dual Nature of Pictures; V. A Study of Iconic Realism; VI. Results

VII. Discussion and ConclusionReferences; Chapter 6. The Role of Cognition in Understanding Gender Effects; I. Introduction; II. Overview of Schematic Processing Theory; III. Development of Gender Schemas; IV. Early Origins of Stereotypes; V. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. Development of Processing Speed in Childhood and Adolescence; I. Introduction; II. Research on Developmental Change in Processing Speed; III. Nature of the Mechanisms Underlying Developmental Change; IV. Implications of Global Developmental Change in Processing Speed.; References

Chapter 8. Contextualism and Developmental PsychologyI. Introduction; II. The Contextualistic Metaphor; III. Basic Characteristic of the Ongoing Act-in-Context; IV. Dispersiveness of Contextualism; V. The Concept of Contradiction in Contextualism; VI. Truth in Contextualism; VII. Causality in Contextualism; VIII. Adequacy of Contextualism; IX. In Lieu of Summary: An Application of Contextualism; References; Chapter 9. Horizontality of Water Level: A Neo-Piagetian Developmental Review; I. Introduction; II. Some Post-Piagetian Theories about the Water Level Invariant; Ill. Post-Piagetian Data

IV. Gender DifferencesV. Evidence for Physical and Geometric Knowledge as a Factor in Horizontality; VI. Evidence for Response Bias or Stimulus-Response Compatibility; VII. Process Analysis of errors in the Water Level Task; VIII. Development Aspect of the Model; IX. Other Empirical Studiea Supporting the Model; X. In Lieu of Conclusions: Comparison with Other Current Models; Reference; Author Index; Subject Index; Contents of Previous Volumes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-71827-0

9786611718275

0-08-056595-6

OCLC:

476212772