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Children's Strategies: Contemporary Views of Cognitive Development » Read Now
by David F. Bjorklund. 346 pgs.

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Collaborative Cognition: Children Negotiating Ways of Knowing » Read Now
by David J. Bearison, Bruce Dorval, Roy O. Freedle. 176 pgs.

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Using the interpersonal event as the unit of analysis, the authors examine how children interactively co-construct knowledge and ways of knowing in social contexts. An illustration of the idea that thinking is as much interactive as self-reflective--one that supports the cognitive developmental...
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Using the interpersonal event as the unit of analysis, the authors examine how children interactively co-construct knowledge and ways of knowing in social contexts. An illustration of the idea that thinking is as much interactive as self-reflective--one that supports the cognitive developmental theories of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky--this important study delves into the social origins of thought and the inherently discursive nature of thinking itself.
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Development of Cognition, Affect, and Social Relations: The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Vol. 13 (1980) » Read Now
by W. Andrew Collins. 294 pgs.

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...Congresses. 2. Cognition in children--Congresses...individual childrens capacity...Their chapter in this volume...the role of cognition in affective...studies of childrens...
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Basic and Applied Perspectives on Learning, Cognition, and Development: The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Vol. 28 » Read Now
by Charles A. Nelson. 246 pgs.

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...paper 1. Cognition in children. 2. Connectionism...convergence of early cognition and language in the second...Barrett Ed. , Childrens single-word...language and cognition:...
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How Children Learn (1983) » Read Now
by John Holt. 304 pgs.

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"Children do not need to be made to learn", Holt maintains, because each is born with what Einstein called "the holy curiosity of inquiry". For them, learning is as natural as breathing. First published in 1967, How Children Learn has become a classic for parents and teachers, providing an "effective, gentle voice of reason" (Life).
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Perspectives on Intellectual Development: The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Vol. 19 (1986) » Read Now
by Marion Perlmutter. 264 pgs.

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Enhancing Learning and Thinking » Read Now
by Jac Andrews, Robert F. Mulcahy, Robert H. Short. 296 pgs.

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This collection of essays addresses problem solving, decision making, critical thinking, and various conceptions of the learning and thinking process as well as suggestions on how to facilitate these within the academic and business domains. Included are current points of view on the nature of...
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This collection of essays addresses problem solving, decision making, critical thinking, and various conceptions of the learning and thinking process as well as suggestions on how to facilitate these within the academic and business domains. Included are current points of view on the nature of learning and thinking from a wide representation of international sources. The book provides: an overview of cognitive science; a discussion of the theoretical underpinnings of higher order thinking; developed programs for the enhancement of thinking skills in elementary, secondary, and college populations; essays on reading and arithmetic, as well as history, physical education, and social competence; a discussion of the role and development of thinking skills in the business domain; and essays emphasizing that creative thinking is within the reach of almost anyone.
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Children's Source Monitoring » Read Now
by Mark Blades, Kim P. Roberts. 359 pgs.

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There are many aspects of life which require us to distinguish between memories of different events, such as deciding whether you locked the door or only intended to lock the door. Source monitoring, or identifying the source of a particular memory (was the event experienced? related by someone...
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There are many aspects of life which require us to distinguish between memories of different events, such as deciding whether you locked the door or only intended to lock the door. Source monitoring, or identifying the source of a particular memory (was the event experienced? related by someone else? or simply imagined?) is a cognitive skill that develops across the life span. In this book, the first to integrate research on children's source monitoring, readers will find an accessible overview of source-monitoring theory and findings from the research programs of leading investigators in this area. The programs of research cut across different methodologies (e.g., nomothetic, individual differences, clinical) and are applied to a wide range of issues in children's lives. Particular emphasis is placed on the effects of source monitoring on eyewitness memory and identification, learning and knowledge, and the development of a theory of mind.
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The Development of Spatial Cognition (1985) » Read Now
by Robert Cohen. 392 pgs.

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...the Taxonomy: Young Childrens Cognition and Behavior in Classrooms 241...Piagets classic work on childrens spatial cognition reflected in the Childs...
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Early Category and Concept Development: Making Sense of the Blooming, Buzzing Confusion » Read Now
by Lisa M. Oakes, David H. Rakison. 442 pgs.

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Whether or not infants' earliest perception of the world is a "blooming, buzzing confusion", it is not long before they come to perceive structure and order among the objects and events around them. At the core of this process, and cognitive development in general, is the ability to categorize - to...
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Whether or not infants' earliest perception of the world is a "blooming, buzzing confusion", it is not long before they come to perceive structure and order among the objects and events around them. At the core of this process, and cognitive development in general, is the ability to categorize - to group events, objects or properties together - and to form mental representations, or concepts, that encapsulate the commonalties and structure of these categories. Categorization is the primary means of coding experience, underlying not only perceptual and reasoning processes, but also inductive inference and language. The aim of this book is to bring together the most recent findings and theories about the origins and early development of categorization and conceptual abilities. Despite recent advances in our understanding of this area, a number of hotly debated issues remain at the centre of the controversy over categorization. Researchers continue to ask questions such as: Which mechanisms for categorization are available at birth and which emerge later? What are the relative roles of perceptual similarity and non-observable properties in early classification? What is the role of contextual variation on categorization by infants and children? Do different experimental procedures tap the same kind of knowledge? Can computational models simulate infant and child categorization, and how do these models inform behavioural research? What is the impact of language on category development? How does language partition the world? This book is the first to address these and other key questions within a single volume. The authors present a diverse set of views representing cutting-edge empirical and theoretical advances in the field.
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Children at Play: Clinical and Developmental Approaches to Meaning and Representation » Read Now
by Arietta Slade, Dennie Palmer Wolf. 316 pgs.

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As they play, children do more than imagine--they also invent life-long approaches to thinking, feeling, and relating to other people. For nearly a century, clinical psychologists have been concerned with the content and interpersonal meaning of play. More recently, developmental psychologists have...
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As they play, children do more than imagine--they also invent life-long approaches to thinking, feeling, and relating to other people. For nearly a century, clinical psychologists have been concerned with the content and interpersonal meaning of play. More recently, developmental psychologists have concentrated on the links between the emergence of symbolic play and evolving thought and language. At last, this volume bridges the gap between the two disciplines by defining their common interests and by developing areas of interface and interrelatedness. The editors have brought together original chapters by distinguished psychoanalysts, clinical psychologists, social workers, and developmental psychologists who shed light on topics outside the traditional confines of their respective domains. Thus the book features clinicians exploring subjects such as play representation, narrative, metaphor, and symbolization, and developmentalists examining questions regarding affect, social development, conflict, and psychopathology. Taken together, the contributors offer a rich, integrative view of the many dimensions of early play as it occurs among peers, between parent and child, and in the context of therapy.
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Curiosity, Imagination, and Play: On the Development of Spontaneous Cognitive and Motivational Processes (1987) » Read Now
by Dietmar Logan Gorlitz, Joachim F. Wohlwill. 419 pgs.

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...Volume 2 School-Age Children NELSON...Structure and Function in Development OLSON...BIALYSTOK Spatial Cognition: The Structure and Development...aspects--Congresses. 4...
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The Influence of Family and Experimental Context on Cognition in Anxious Children, in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology » Read Now
by Alison L. Shortt, Paula M. Barrett, Mark R. Dadds, Tara L. Fox. 12 pgs.

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...Experimental Context on Cognition in Anxious Children by Alison...cognitive biases in children versus adolescents...with childrens cognition and avoidance behavior...1991)...
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Cognitive Impairment and Its Relationship to Psychopathic Tendencies in Children with Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties, in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology » Read Now
by L. Fisher, R. J. R. Blair. 9 pgs.

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...Typical and behaviourally disruptive childrens understanding of the emotion consequences...following damage to human prefrontal cortex. Cognition, 50, 7-15. Blair, R. J. R...
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Dysfunctional Cognitions in Children with Social Phobia, Separation Anxiety Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder, in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology » Read Now
by Susan M. Bogels, Denise Zigterman. 6 pgs.

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...Dysfunctional Cognitions in Children with Social Phobia, Separation...content of dysfunctional cognitions in anxious children, suffering from separation...G. (1988)...
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Cognitive Distortions in Depressed Children and Adolescents: Are They State Dependent or Trait Like?, in Journal of Clinical Child Psychology » Read Now
by Cynthia L. Tems, Sunita M. Stewart, John R. Skinner Jr., Carroll W. Hughes, Graham Emslie. 11 pgs.

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...etiological role of cognitions in depression...units at the Childrens Medical Center...depression and cognition is highlighted...depressed children continue...children in...