Cognitive Development Books

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11. Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment and Consciousness

    Edited by Willis Overton, Ulrich Mueller, Judith Newman

    Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

    Until recently, the body has been largely ignored in theories and empirical research in psychology, particularly in developmental psychology. Recently however, several conceptions of the relation between body and mind have been developed. Common among these conceptions is the idea that the body...

    Published November 27th 2012 by Psychology Press
12. The Development of Judgment and Decision Making in Children and Adolescents

    Edited by Janis E. Jacobs, Paul A. Klaczynski

    In recent years, newspaper articles, television specials, and other media events have focused on the numerous hard decisions faced by today's youth, often pointing to teen pregnancy, drug use, and delinquency as evidence of faulty judgment. Over the past 10 years, many groups - including parents,...

    Published November 13th 2012 by Psychology Press
13. Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology

    2nd Edition

    By Peter Mitchell, Fenja Ziegler

    This new edition of the highly successful Fundamentals of Development: The Psychology of Childhood has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the exciting new findings in the thriving area of developmental psychology. The book addresses a number of fascinating questions including: Are...

    Published October 25th 2012 by Psychology Press
14. The Development and Structure of Conscience

    Edited by Willem Koops, Daniel Brugman, Tamara J. Ferguson, Andries F. Sanders

    This book focuses on the structure and development of conscience, a subject that has been dominant in developmental psychology since the 18th century. International experts in the field contribute to this broad overview of the relevant research on the development of moral emotions and on the...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press
15. Cognitive Development and Working Memory

    A Dialogue between Neo-Piagetian Theories and Cognitive Approaches

    Edited by Pierre Barrouillet, Vinciane Gaillard

    The intellectual development of human beings from birth to adulthood is a fascinating phenomenon. Understanding the constraints that limit children’s intelligence, as well as discovering methods to improve it, has always been a challenging undertaking for developmental psychologists. This book...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press
16. Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience

    Edited by Philip David Zelazo, Michael Chandler, Eveline Crone

    Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

    This volume in the JPS Series is intended to help crystallize the emergence of a new field, "Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience," aimed at elucidating the neural correlates of the development of socio-emotional experience and behavior. No one any longer doubts that infants are born...

    Published August 15th 2012 by Psychology Press
17. Social Life and Social Knowledge

    Toward a Process Account of Development

    Edited by Ulrich Mueller, Jeremy I.M. Carpendale, Nancy Budwig, Bryan Sokol

    Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

    In this new volume, leading researchers provide state-of-the-art perspectives on how social interaction influences the development of knowledge. The book integrates approaches from a variety of disciplines including developmental psychology, psychopathology, philosophy, anthropology, sociology,...

    Published August 15th 2012 by Psychology Press
18. Current Issues in Developmental Disorders

    Edited by Chloë Marshall

    Series: Current Issues in Developmental Psychology

    Cognitive development in children is a highly complex process which, while remarkably resilient, can be disrupted in a variety of ways. This volume focuses on two types of neurodevelopmental disorder: syndromic conditions such as fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome and...

    Published August 13th 2012 by Psychology Press
19. Art and Human Development

    Edited by Constance Milbrath, Cynthia Lightfoot

    Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

    This interdisciplinary volume explores art, its development, and its role in the construction of knowledge. Presenting theory and research on artistic development as a cultural and creative endeavor, contributors examine the origins of human art during the Paleolithic cultural revolution, as part...

    Published July 26th 2012 by Psychology Press
20. How the Child's Mind Develops, 2nd Edition

    By David Cohen

    How do we get from helpless baby to knowing teenager? What impact do television, computers, the internet, video games and evolving technology have on the way children's minds develop? Is cognition a question of learning and environment or of heredity? How we learn to think, perceive, remember,...

    Published July 2nd 2012 by Routledge