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  • Cognitive Development in Infancy and Childhood

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    Series series Elements in Child Development
    This Element describes the main theories that guide contemporary research in cognitive development along with research discoveries in several important cognitive abilities: attention, language, social cognition, memory, metacognition and executive function, and problem solving and reasoning. Biological and social contributions are considered side-by-side, and cultural contributions are highlighted ... Read more

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    There are numerous publications about education and technology. What is missing is a balanced appraisal of the values and cognitive skills technology promotes and those it devalues. This is important for education because the way we teach influences how children think, and it is of more general importance for the evolution of society. If we wait until these issue are definitively resolved and have ... Read more

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    Series series SAGE Foundations of Psychology series
    An Introduction to Child Development, Third Editionprovides undergraduate students in psychology and other disciplines with a comprehensive survey of the main areas of child development, from infancy through to adolescence, in a readily accessible format. It equips students with an appreciation of the critical issues, while providing balanced coverage of topics that represent both classic and ... Read more

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  • Psychology of Emotion

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  • The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence

    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
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  • The Development of Autism

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    Dedicated to the memory and work of Lisa Capps, this volume is a forum for scholars and practitioners interested in the typical and atypical development of persons with autism. Each chapter is focused on theoretical considerations and the empirical evidence regarding a specific aspect of functioning, but common themes of development are considered throughout. Within this framework, the ... Read more

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  • Parenting Behaviour and Children's Cognitive Development

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