Readings on the Development of Children

by Gauvain, Mary; Cole, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781429216494
• ISBN10: 1429216492
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-21
• Publisher: Worth Publishers

Summary

This collection of readings can be used as a superb supplement in child and adolescent development courses or as the primary text in graduate-level seminars. The new edition offers 36 readings, 12 new to the collection.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Adaptive Nature of Cognitive Immaturity	p. 3
Ecological Models of Human Development	p. 14
Parent, Child, and Reciprocal Influences	p. 20
Children of the Garden Island	p. 26
Development and Learning	p. 33
Interaction Between Learning and Development	p. 42
In the Beginning	p. 51
Of Human Bonding: Newborns Prefer Their Mothers' Voices	p. 53
The Interplay Between Genotypes and Family Relationships: Reframing Concepts of Development and Prevention	p. 58
Recall in Infancy: A Neurodevelopmental Account	p. 64
Culture and Early Infancy Among Central African Foragers and Farmers	p. 70
Temperament and the Reactions to Unfamiliarity	p. 82
Specificity and Heterogeneity in Children's Responses to Profound Institutional Privation	p. 88
Infancy	p. 97
Humans Have Evolved Specialized Skills of Social Cognition: The Cultural Intelligence Hypothesis	p. 99
Development of Object Concepts in Infancy: Evidence for Early Learning in an Eye-Tracking Paradigm	p. 111
Becoming a Native Listener	p. 120
Event Categorization in Infancy	p. 128
Rethinking Maternal Sensitivity: Mothers' Comments on Infants' Mental Processes Predict Security of Attachment at 12 Months	p. 139
Early Experience and Emotional Development: The Emergence of Wariness of Heights	p. 155
Early Childhood	p. 161
The Credible Shrinking Room: Very Young Children's Performance with Symbolic and Nonsymbolic Relations	p. 163
Understanding Minds and Evidence for Belief: A Study of Mofu Children in Cameroon	p. 171
Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive Models	p. 182
Cultural Differences in American and Mexican Mother-Child Pretend Play	p. 191
Gender and Group Process: A Developmental Perspective	p. 200
Personal Storytelling as a Medium of Socialization in Chinese and American Families	p. 205
Middle Childhood	p. 217
Children's Perception of Gap Affordances: Bicycling Across Traffic-Filled Intersections in an Immersive Virtual Environment	p. 219
The Role of Age versus Expertise in Peer Collaboration during Joint Planning	p. 230
Electronic Bullying Among Middle School Students	p. 240
Cultural Teaching: The Development of Teaching Skills in Maya Sibling Interactions	p. 251
Ethnic Diversity and Perceptions of Safety in Urban Middle Schools	p. 266
How Asian Teachers Polish Each Lesson to Perfection	p. 275
Adolescence	p. 289
Risk Taking in Adolescence: New Perspectives from Brain and Behavioral Science	p. 291
Toward a New Understanding of Early Menarche: The Role of Environmental Stress in Pubertal Timing	p. 297
Development of Logical Reasoning and the School Performance of African American Adolescents in Relation to Socioeconomic Status, Ethnic Identity, and Self-Esteem	p. 304
Authority, Autonomy, and Family Relationships Among Adolescents in Urban and Rural China	p. 318
Antisocial Boys and Their Friends in Early Adolescence: Relationship Characteristics, Quality, and Interactional Process	p. 325
Late Adolescents' Self-Defining Memories About Relationships	p. 337
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