The Development of Future-Oriented Processes

by Haith, Marshall M.; Benson, Janette B.; Roberts, Ralph J. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780226313061
• ISBN10: 0226313069
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-03-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

How do children develop an understanding of future events? In this state of the art review of two decades of empirical and theoretical work, leading researchers in developmental psychology and neuroscience explore what is known about the development of future-oriented processes. Following Marshall Haith's seminal studies on early infant anticipation, this collection begins with a survey of current knowledge about the early development of expectations. Addressing both the state of neural research in this field and the role of language and social context in the development of future orientation, the authors discuss the nature of planning in action, future orientation in humans and in nonhuman primates, and the development of intermediate and long-term expectations with regard to cognitive skills and scientific activity. Combining developmental and cognitive perspectives, this volume will interest professionals in developmental psychology, child development, and neuropsychology.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Visual Expectations as the First Step toward the Development of Future-Oriented Processes

In Search of Infant Expectation

Planning and Perceiving What Is Going to Happen Next Claes

Perception, Action, and Skill: Looking Ahead to Meet the Future

Learning, Prediction, and Control with an Eye to the Future

Developmental Transitions in Children's Early On-Line Planning

Discovering the Present by Predicting the Future

Neural Mechanisms of Future-Oriented Processes: In Vivo Physiological Studies of Humans

The Working Memory Function of the Prefrontal Cortices: Implications for Developmental and Individual Differences in Cognition

Language in, on, and about Time

Using Goal-Plan Knowledge to Merge the Past with the Present and the Future in Narrating Events on Line

Considering the Concept of Planning

The Origins of Future Orientation in the Everyday Lives of 9- to 36-Month-Old Infants

The Rashomon Phenomenon: Personal Frames and Future-Oriented Appraisals in Memory for Emotional Events

Epilogue: Further Directions: Variations in the Use of Future-Oriented Processes

List of Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

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