Advances in child development and behavior. Volume 22 / 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 ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child psychology.

Children--Conduct of life.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Academic Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

ADV IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT &BEHAVIOR V22

Contents:

Front Cover; Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 22; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1.The Development of Representation in Young Children; I. Introduction; II. Representation; III. Young Children's Memory for the Location of a Hidden Object; IV. Rapid Change in Young Children's Representational Functioning; V. Spatial Cognition: Imitation of Object Placement across Spaces; VI. Analogical Reasoning in Young Children; VII. Symbolization in Young Children; VIII. Related Research on Multiple Representations; IX. Summary and Conclusion; References

Chapter 2. Children's Understanding of Mental PhenomenaI. Introduction; II. Childhood Realism; III. Mental Entities; IV. Prior Studies; V. Current Studies; VI. General Discussion; VII. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Social Influences on Children's Cognition: State of the Art and Future Directions; I. Introduction; II. Theoretical Overview; III. Evidence for the Impact of Social Agents; IV. A Framework for Considering Developmental Change in Social Influences on Cognition; V. Additional Theoretical and Methodological Issues; VI. Conclusions; References

Chapter 4. Understanding Maps as Symbols: The Development of Map Concepts in ChildrenI. Why Maps?; II. Overview; III. Where Have We Been? Review of Past Mapping Research; IV. The Mapping Project at Penn State (MAPPS); V. Map Understanding in Young Children Revisited; VI. Maps as Symbolic Representations; VII. Summary; References; Chapter 5. The Development of Spatial Perspective Taking; I. Introduction; II. What Does Perspective Taking Assess?; III. How Can Spatial Location Be Encoded?; IV. Factors Affecting Success on Perspective-Taking Tasks; V. Related Tasks; VI. Conclusion; References

Chapter 6. Developmental Studies of Alertness and Encoding Effects of Stimulus RepetitionI. Introduction; II. The Stimulus Familiarizarion Effect; III. Components of Attention; IV. Age, Stimulus Familiarization Effects, and Latent Inhibition; V. Mechanisms of Familiarization Effects; VI. Stimulus Characteristics; VII. Familiarization as a Tool in Studying Reading Acquisition; VIII. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. Imitation in Infancy: A Critical Review; I. Introduction; II. Early Conceptualizations of Infant Imitation; III. Developmental Trends in Diverse Imitative Responses

IV. Variables Affecting Infant Imitative PerformanceV. Imitation and Mother-Infant Interaction; VI. Methods of Evoking Imitation in Infants; VII. Neonatal Imitation of Nonvisible Actions; VlII. Past and Future Trends in the Study of Infant Imitation; References; Author lndex; Subject Index; Contents of Previous Volumes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-44252-6

9786611442521

0-08-056594-8

OCLC:

476164816