Handbook of Child Psychology, Cognition, Perception, and Language

by Damon, William; Lerner, Richard M.; Kuhn, Deanna; Siegler, Robert S.

• ISBN13: 9780471272892
• ISBN10: 0471272892
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-31
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Part of the authoritative four-volume reference that spans the entire field of child development and has set the standard against which all other scholarly references are compared. Updated and revised to reflect the new developments in the field, the Handbook of Child Psychology, Sixth Edition contains new chapters on such topics as spirituality, social understanding, and non-verbal communication. Volume 2: Cognition, Perception, and Language, edited by Deanna Kuhn, Columbia University, and Robert S. Siegler, Carnegie Mellon University, covers mechanisms of cognitive and perceptual development in language acquisition. It includes new chapters devoted to neural bases of cognition, motor development, grammar and langauge rules, information processing, and problem solving skills.

Author Biography

Volume Editors
Deanna Kuhn, Department of Human Development, Teachers College, Columbia University

Robert Siegler, Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University

Editors-in-Chief
Dr. Damon is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute, the director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and a professor of education at Stanford University.  He has written several books, many book chapters, and numerous articles on child development and adolescence and is editor-in-chief of New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (Jossey-Bass).

Dr. Lerner is Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science at the Eliot-Pearson Department at Tufts University.  He is the author of many publications, including the Handbook of Psychology, Volume 6, Developmental Psychology, and Pathways to Positive Development about Diverse Youth, New Directions for Youth Development:  Theory, Practice, and Research (Jossey-Bass).  Dr Lerner is also a past editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence.

Table of Contents

Section One: Foundations
Neural Bases Of Cognitive Development	3	(55)
Charles A. Nelson III
Kathleen M. Thomas
Michelle de Haan
The Infant's Auditory World: Hearing, Speech, And The Beginnings Of Language	58	(51)
Jenny R. Saffran
Janet F. Werker
Lynne A. Werner
Infant Visual Perception	109	(52)
Philip J. Kellman
Martha E. Arterberry
Motor Development	161	(53)
Karen E. Adolph
Sarah E. Berger
Infant Cognition	214	(41)
Leslie B. Cohen
Cara H. Cashon
Section Two: Cognition and Communication
Acquiring Linguistic Constructions	255	(44)
Michael Tomasello
Early Word Learning	299	(37)
Sandra R. Waxman
Jeffrey L. Lidz
Nonverbal Communication: The Hand's Role In Talking And Thinking	336	(37)
Susan Goldin-Meadow
Section Three: Cognitive Processes
Event Memory	373	(53)
Patricia J. Bauer
Information Processing Approaches To Development	426	(38)
Yuko Munakata
Microgenetic Analyses Of Learning	464	(47)
Robert S. Siegler
Cognitive Strategies	511	(46)
Michael Pressley
Katherine Hilden
Reasoning And Problem Solving	557	(52)
Graeme S. Halford
Glenda Andrews
Cognitive Science And Cognitive Development	609	(27)
Frank Keil
Culture And Cognitive Development In Phylogenetic, Historical, And Ontogenetic Perspective	636	(51)
Michael Cole
Section Four: Conceptual Understanding and Achievements
Conceptual Development	687	(47)
Susan A. Gelman
Charles W. Kalish
Development Of Spatial Cognition	734	(43)
Nora S. Newcombe
Janellen Huttenlocher
Development Of Mathematical Understanding	777	(34)
David C. Geary
Social Cognition	811	(48)
Paul L. Harris
Development In The Arts: Drawing And Music	859	(46)
Ellen Winner
Extraordinary Achievements: A Developmental And Systems Analysis	905	(48)
Seana Moran
Howard Gardner
Section Five: The Perspective beyond Childhood
The Second Decade: What Develops (And How)	953	(42)
Deanna Kuhn
Sam Franklin
Author Index	995	(34)
Subject Index	1029