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9780470752173

Theories of Infant Development

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470752173

  • ISBN10:

    0470752173

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2008-04-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This volume provides an authoritative survey of all the major theories of infant development. An authoritative survey of major theoretical issues in infant development. Written by leading scholars in the field of infancy. Each chapter either presents a distinct theoretical approach to infant development or reviews contrasting theories in a specific subfield. Pays particular attention to current theoretical controversies. Contributors include Eugene Goldfield, Andy Meltzoff, Marinus van Ijzendoorn, Mark Johnson and Annette Karmiloff-Smith, among others.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
Development of Perception and Action
A Dynamical Systems Perspective On Infant Action And Its Development
A Developmental Perspective On Visual Proprioception
From Direct Perception To The Primacy Of Action: A Closer Look At James Gibson's Ecological Approach To Psychology
The Development Of Perception In A Multimodal Environment
Neuroscience Perspectives On Infant Development
Cognitive Development
The Case For Developmental Cognitive Science: Theories Of People And Things
Theories Of Development Of The Object Concept
Remembering Infancy: Accessing Our Earliest Experiences
Social Development & Communication:
Maternal Sensitivity Is More Important Than Infant Temperament In Shaping The Infant-Mother Attachment Relationship
Emerging Co-Awareness
Processes Of Development In Early Communication
Joint Visual Attention In Infancy
Afterword: Tribute To George Butterworth
Author Index
Subject Index
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