COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: THEORIES, STAGES AND PROCESSES AND CHALLENGES

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: THEORIES, STAGES AND PROCESSES AND CHALLENGES

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE EXTENSION: AN EXAMINATION OF ITS DEVELOPMENT AND THE UNDERLYING COGNITIVE PROCESSES INVOLVED

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHOD

RESULTS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: CLASSIFICATION AND CROSS-CLASSIFICATION IN CHILDREN

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE CLASSICAL VIEW

CONTEMPORARY VIEWS

CROSS-CLASSIFICATION

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: A COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH TO EMOTION PROCESSING IN CHILDREN

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

TRADITIONAL THEORIES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS TO THE STUDY OF EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CURRENT PERSPECTIVES FROM COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT ON THE STUDY OF EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CHALLENGES AND LESSONS FROM ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENT: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES AND LINKS TO EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

IX. SYSTEMIZING THEORY, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND EMOTION PROCESSING

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF SEMIOTIC DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. COMPARING THE TWO MODELS

3. OUTLINE OF AN INTEGRATED MODEL

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: THE CHALLENGE OF COGNITIVE TRANSFER REVISITED: STRATEGIES OF ORDER MEMORY IN 7-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHOD

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: PARENTING, LANGUAGE AND PERSPECTIVE TAKING: ADVANTAGES OF CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

VYGOTSKY’S DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY

CONTEMPORARY THEORIES

METHODS

RESULTS

CONCLUSION

THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS

PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS

APPENDIX A: DETAILED PROCEDURE FOR TOM TASKS

APPENDIX B: DETAILED PROCEDURE FOR VPT TASKS

APPENDIX C: DETAILED PROCEDURE FOR EMOTIONAL PT TASKS

APPENDIX D: MEMORY FOR FALSE COMPLEMENTS TASKS

APPENDIX E: ITEMS IN THE CONVERSATION SKILL AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT SCALES

APPENDIX F: EXAMPLE VIGNETTE FROM PETERSON AND SLAUGHTER’S (2003) MATERNAL MENTAL STATE INPUT INVENTORY

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACE RECOGNITION: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR MATURATION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: PROMOTING EARLY LITERACY: THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF PARENT-CHILD JOINT WRITING AND JOINT STORYBOOK READING INTERVENTIONS

ABSTRACT

METHOD

DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERRENCES

Chapter 9: EXPOSURE TO SECOND-HAND SMOKE AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN THE LIFE COURSE

ABSTRACT

ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: TRAINING FOR TRANSFER IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THREE CHALLENGES FOR TRAINERS: WHO? WHAT? HOW?

EXPERIMENT 1

EXPERIMENT 2

GENERAL DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 11: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, NEURODEVELOPMENT AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

EDITOR CONTACT INFORMATION

INDEX