Intellectual Development

by Edited by Robert J. Sternberg , Cynthia A. Berg

• ISBN13: 9780521394567
• ISBN10: 0521394562
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-03-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This multi-contributor work integrates research on adolescent and adult development, which are typically treated sepatately.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Preface
Perspectives for viewing intellectual development throughout the life course	p. 1
The psychometric perspective on intellectual development in childhood and adolescence	p. 16
Major abilities and development in the adult period	p. 44
Beyond the stage debate: Action, structure, and variability in Piagetian theory and research	p. 100
The study of adult cognition from a Piagetian perspective	p. 141
Neo-Piagetian theories of child development	p. 161
A neo-Piagetian perspective on adult cognitive development	p. 197
The information-processing perspective on cognitive development in childhood and adolescence	p. 229
The information-processing perspective on cognitive aging	p. 261
Integrating learning into a theory of intellectual development	p. 278
The learning perspective: Adulthood	p. 301
A sociocultural approach to intellectual development	p. 328
Contextual approaches to adult intellectual development	p. 350
The princess grows up: A satiric fairy tale about intellectual development	p. 381
Author index	p. 395
Subject index	p. 405
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