Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development

Copyright © 2002 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd

Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development

Editor(s): Usha Goswami

Published Online: 30 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9780631218401

Online ISBN: 9780470996652

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996652

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This definitive volume provides state-of-the-art summaries of current research by leading specialists in different areas of cognitive development.


  • Forms part of a series of four Blackwell Handbooks in Developmental Psychology spanning infancy to adulthood.
  • Covers all the major topics in research and theory about childhood cognitive development.
  • Synthesizes the latest research findings in an accessible manner.
  • Includes chapters on abnormal cognitive development and theoretical perspectives, as well as basic research topics.
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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xiii)

  2. Part I: Infancy - The Origins of Cognitive Development

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      Infancy: The Origins of Cognitive Development (pages 1–5)

    2. Chapter 1

      Imitation as a Mechanism of Social Cognition: Origins of Empathy, Theory of Mind, and the Representation of Action (pages 6–25)

      Andrew N. Meltzoff

    3. Chapter 2

      The Development of Understanding Self and Agency (pages 26–46)

      György Gergely

    4. Chapter 3

      The Acquisition of Physical Knowledge in Infancy: A Summary in Eight Lessons (pages 47–83)

      Renée Baillargeon

    5. Chapter 4

      Early Categorization: A New Synthesis (pages 84–101)

      Paul C. Quinn

    6. Chapter 5

      Early Word-Learning and Conceptual Development: Everything had a Name, and Each Name Gave Birth to a New Thought (pages 102–126)

      Sandra R. Waxman

    7. Chapter 6

      Early Memory Development (pages 127–146)

      Patricia J. Bauer

  3. Part II: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

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      Cognitive Development in Early Childhood (pages 147–150)

    2. Chapter 7

      Development of the Animate–Inanimate Distinction (pages 151–166)

      Susan A. Gelman and John E. Opfer

    3. Chapter 8

      Understanding the Psychological World: Developing a Theory of Mind (pages 167–187)

      Henry M. Wellman

    4. Chapter 9

      Pretend Play and Cognitive Development (pages 188–205)

      Angeline Lillard

    5. Chapter 10

      Early Development of the Understanding and Use of Symbolic Artifacts (pages 206–226)

      Judy S. DeLoache

  4. Part III: Topics in Cognitive Development in Childhood

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      Topics in Cognitive Development in Childhood (pages 227–235)

    2. Chapter 11

      Memory Development in Childhood (pages 236–256)

      Wolfgang Schneider

    3. Chapter 12

      The Development of Causal Reasoning (pages 257–281)

      Barbara Koslowski and Amy Masnick

    4. Chapter 13

      Inductive and Deductive Reasoning (pages 282–302)

      Usha Goswami

    5. Chapter 14

      The Development of Moral Reasoning (pages 303–325)

      Larry P. Nucci

    6. Chapter 15

      Spatial Development in Childhood: Where Are We Now? (pages 326–348)

      Lynn S. Liben

    7. Chapter 16

      Children's Intuitive Physics (pages 349–370)

      Friedrich Wilkening and Susanne Huber

    8. Chapter 17

      What is Scientific Thinking and How Does It Develop? (pages 371–393)

      Deanna Kuhn

    9. Chapter 18

      Reading Development and Dyslexia (pages 394–411)

      Margaret J. Snowling

    10. Chapter 19

      Children's Understanding of Mathematics (pages 412–439)

      Peter Bryant and Terezinha Nuñes

  5. Part IV: Topics in Atypical Cognitive Development

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      Topics in Atypical Cognitive Development (pages 441–444)

    2. Chapter 20

      Executive Function in Typical and Atypical Development (pages 445–469)

      Philip David Zelazo and Ulrich Müller

    3. Chapter 21

      Language and Cognition: Evidence from Disordered Language (pages 470–490)

      Barbara Dodd and Sharon Crosbie

    4. Chapter 22

      The Exact Mind: Empathizing and Systemizing in Autism Spectrum Conditions (pages 491–508)

      Simon Baron-Cohen, Sally Wheelwright, John Lawson, Rick Griffin and Jacqueline Hill

  6. Part V: Models of Cognitive Development

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      Models of Cognitive Development (pages 509–514)

    2. Chapter 23

      Piaget's Model (pages 515–537)

      Leslie Smith

    3. Chapter 24

      Vygotsky's Model of Cognitive Development (pages 538–554)

      Shawn M. Rowe and James V. Wertsch

    4. Chapter 25

      Information-Processing Models of Cognitive Development (pages 555–574)

      Graeme S. Halford

    5. Chapter 26

      Modeling Typical and Atypical Cognitive Development: Computational Constraints on Mechanisms of Change (pages 575–599)

      Michael S. C. Thomas and Annette Karmiloff-Smith

    6. Chapter 27

      Individual Differences in Cognitive Development (pages 600–619)

      Robert J. Sternberg

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      References (pages 620–736)

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      Index (pages 737–761)

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