The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development, Second edition

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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development, Second edition

Editor(s): Usha Goswami

Published Online: 15 JUL 2010

Print ISBN: 9781405191166

Online ISBN: 9781444325485

DOI: 10.1002/9781444325485

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This definitive volume is the result of collaboration by top scholars in the field of children's cognition.

  • New edition offers an up-to-date overview of all the major areas of importance in the field, and includes new data from cognitive neuroscience and new chapters on social cognitive development and language 
  • Provides state-of-the-art summaries of current research by international specialists in different areas of cognitive development
  • Spans aspects of cognitive development from infancy to the onset of adolescence
  • Includes chapters on symbolic reasoning, pretend play, spatial development, abnormal cognitive development and current theoretical perspectives

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xiii)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–3)

      Usha Goswami

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

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      Part Introduction (pages 5–9)

  4. Part I: Infancy: The Origins of Cognitive Development

    1. Chapter 1

      How Do Infants Reason about Physical Events? (pages 11–48)

      Renée Baillargeon, Jie Li, Yael Gertner and Di Wu

    2. Chapter 2

      Social Cognition and the Origins of Imitation, Empathy, and Theory of Mind (pages 49–75)

      Andrew N. Meltzoff

    3. Chapter 3

      Kinds of Agents: The Origins of Understanding Instrumental and Communicative Agency (pages 76–105)

      György Gergely

    4. Chapter 4

      Social Cognition and Social Motivations in Infancy (pages 106–128)

      Malinda Carpenter

    5. Chapter 5

      Born to Categorize (pages 129–152)

      Paul C. Quinn

    6. Chapter 6

      Early Memory Development (pages 153–179)

      Patricia J. Bauer, Marina Larkina and Joanne Deocampo

    7. Chapter 7

      Early Word-Learning and Conceptual Development (pages 180–208)

      Sandra R. Waxman and Erin M. Leddon

  5. Part II: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

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      Part Introduction (pages 209–212)

    2. Chapter 8

      Development of the Animate–Inanimate Distinction (pages 213–238)

      John E. Opfer and Susan A. Gelman

    3. Chapter 9

      Language Development (pages 239–257)

      Michael Tomasello

    4. Chapter 10

      Developing a Theory of Mind (pages 258–284)

      Henry M. Wellman

    5. Chapter 11

      Pretend Play and Cognitive Development (pages 285–311)

      Angeline Lillard, Ashley M. Pinkham and Eric Smith

    6. Chapter 12

      Early Development of the Understanding and Use of Symbolic Artifacts (pages 312–336)

      Judy S. DeLoache

  6. Part III: Topics in Cognitive Development in Childhood

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      Part Introduction (pages 337–346)

    2. Chapter 13

      Memory Development in Childhood (pages 347–376)

      Wolfgang Schneider

    3. Chapter 14

      Causal Reasoning and Explanation (pages 377–398)

      Barbara Koslowski and Amy Masnick

    4. Chapter 15

      Inductive and Deductive Reasoning (pages 399–419)

      Usha Goswami

    5. Chapter 16

      The Development of Moral Reasoning (pages 420–445)

      Larry P. Nucci and Matthew Gingo

    6. Chapter 17

      Spatial Development (pages 446–472)

      Lynn S. Liben and Adam E. Christensen

    7. Chapter 18

      Children's Intuitive Physics (pages 473–496)

      Friedrich Wilkening and Trix Cacchione

    8. Chapter 19

      What is Scientific Thinking and How Does it Develop? (pages 497–523)

      Deanna Kuhn

    9. Chapter 20

      Reading Development and Dyslexia (pages 524–548)

      Margaret J. Snowling and Silke M. Göbel

    10. Chapter 21

      Children's Understanding of Mathematics (pages 549–573)

      Peter Bryant and Terezinha Nuñes

    11. Chapter 22

      Executive Function in Typical and Atypical Development (pages 574–603)

      Philip David Zelazo and Ulrich Müller

    12. Chapter 23

      Language and Cognition (pages 604–625)

      Barbara Dodd and Sharon Crosbie

    13. Chapter 24

      The Empathizing-Systematizing (E-S) Theory of Autism (pages 626–639)

      Simon Baron-Cohen

  7. Part IV: Theories of Cognitive Development

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      Part Introduction (pages 641–647)

    2. Chapter 25

      Piaget's Theory (pages 649–672)

      Patricia H. Miller

    3. Chapter 26

      Vygotsky and Psychology (pages 673–696)

      Harry Daniels

    4. Chapter 27

      Information-Processing Models of Cognitive Development (pages 697–722)

      Graeme S. Halford and Glenda Andrews

    5. Chapter 28

      Neuroconstructivism (pages 723–748)

      Gert Westermann, Michael S. C. Thomas and Annette Karmiloff-Smith

    6. Chapter 29

      Individual Differences in Cognitive Development (pages 749–774)

      Robert J. Sternberg

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      Index (pages 775–801)

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