Stability and Continuity in Mental Development: Behavioral and Biological Perspectives

by Bornstein; M. H.

• ISBN13: 9780805802030
• ISBN10: 0805802037
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1989-04-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Filling a gap in current literature on human development, this volume explores the influence of psychophysiological, behavioral, and social factors on stability and continuity in the development of the mind during human infancy. The book reviews existing literature, presents new data, and discusses issues of substance in mental development, methodology, and interpretation. Commentaries by recognized experts interpret the research results from the previous chapters.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xvii
Empirical Studies of Stability and Continuity	p. 1
References	p. 25
Stability in the Biosocial Development of the Child Born Preterm	p. 29
References	p. 40
Infant Physical Status and Later Cognitive Development	p. 45
References	p. 61
Achievement and Cognitive Correlates of Minor Physical Anomalies in Early Development	p. 63
References	p. 83
A Reconceptualization of Prediction from Infant Test Scores	p. 89
References	p. 102
Acknowledgments	p. 102
Differentiating the Risk for High-Risk Preterm Infants	p. 105
Acknowledgments	p. 121
References	p. 121
Transformations and Continuities: Intellectual Functioning in Infancy and Beyond	p. 123
Acknowledgments	p. 140
References	p. 140
Stability in Early Mental Development: from Attention and Information Processing in Infancy to Language and Cognition in Childhood	p. 147
Acknowledgments	p. 166
References	p. 167
Measuring Infant Intelligence: New Perspectives	p. 171
Acknowledgments	p. 186
References	p. 186
The Use of the Home Inventory in Longitudinal Studies of Child Development	p. 191
References	p. 214
Developmental Plasticity and Predictability: Consequences of Ecological Change	p. 217
Acknowledgments	p. 232
References	p. 233
Can Early Interaction Predict? How and How Much?	p. 235
Acknowledgments	p. 247
References	p. 247
Commentary	p. 249
Quantitative Methods and the Search for Continuity	p. 251
Developmental Behavioral Genetics: Stability and Instability	p. 273
Acknowledgments	p. 290
References	p. 290
Intlligence, Stability, and Continuity: Changing Conceptions	p. 293
Acknowledgments	p. 307
About the Authors	p. 311
Author Index	p. 317
Subject Index	p. 325
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