Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Psychology Press, c2008.
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Description
xix, 457 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 25 cm.
Summary
Usha Goswami offers a paradigm for teaching cognitive development, adopting a learning focus that incorporates new data from brain science whilst retaining discussion of the concepts taught on traditional developmental courses.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-444) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
committed to retain
Contents
Infancy: the physical world 1 -- Infancy: the physical world 2 -- Infancy: the psychological world -- Conceptual development and the biological world -- Language acquisition -- The central role of causal reasoning -- Social cognition, mental representation, and theory of mind -- The development of memory -- Metacognition, reasoning, and executive function -- Reading and mathematical development -- Theories of cognitive development.