Typical and Atypical Child Development 4 Cognition, Intelligence and Learning
Cognition, Intelligence and Learning
1st Edition
Published on 12. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
346 pages
978-1-032-26775-3 (ISBN)
Description
This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to cognitive development in childhood and adolescence. It integrates insights from typical and atypical development to reveal fundamental aspects of human growth and development, and common developmental disorders.
The topic books in this series draw on international research in the field and are informed by biological, social and cultural perspectives, offering explanations of developmental phenomena with a focus on how children and adolescents at different ages actually think, feel and act. In this volume, Stephen von Tetzchner explains key topics including: theories of cognitive development; attention, memory and executive function; conceptual development and reasoning, theory of mind; intelligence; and learning and instruction.
Together with a companion website that offers topic-based quizzes, lecturer PowerPoint slides and sample essay questions, Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 4: Cognition, Intelligence and Learning is an essential text for all students of developmental psychology, as well as those working in the fields of child development, developmental disabilities and special education.
The content of this topic book is taken from Stephen von Tetzchner's core textbook Child and Adolescent Psychology: Typical and Atypical Development. The comprehensive volume offers a complete overview of child and adolescent development - for more information visit www.routledge.com/9781138823396
The topic books in this series draw on international research in the field and are informed by biological, social and cultural perspectives, offering explanations of developmental phenomena with a focus on how children and adolescents at different ages actually think, feel and act. In this volume, Stephen von Tetzchner explains key topics including: theories of cognitive development; attention, memory and executive function; conceptual development and reasoning, theory of mind; intelligence; and learning and instruction.
Together with a companion website that offers topic-based quizzes, lecturer PowerPoint slides and sample essay questions, Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 4: Cognition, Intelligence and Learning is an essential text for all students of developmental psychology, as well as those working in the fields of child development, developmental disabilities and special education.
The content of this topic book is taken from Stephen von Tetzchner's core textbook Child and Adolescent Psychology: Typical and Atypical Development. The comprehensive volume offers a complete overview of child and adolescent development - for more information visit www.routledge.com/9781138823396
Reviews / Votes
The individual topic books in the Topics from Child and Adolescent Psychology are drawn from Stephen von Tetzchner's comprehensive core textbook, Child and Adolescent Psychology.Praise for the core textbook:
'Extremely useful text for students and practitioners alike.' Dr. Graham Music, Consultant Psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic London, UK.
'Illustrates how knowledge about typical and atypical development can be integrated and used to highlight fundamental processes of human growth and maturation.' Dr. John Coleman, PhD, OBE, UK.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Illustrations
22 s/w Abbildungen, 23 farbige Abbildungen, 16 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 10 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 6 s/w Zeichnungen, 13 farbige Zeichnungen, 1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white; 13 Line drawings, color; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 10 Halftones, color; 16 Halftones, black and white; 23 Illustrations, color; 22 Illustrations, black and white
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Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-26775-3 (9781032267753)
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Stephen von Tetzchner is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway.
Content
Introduction
Part I Theories of Cognitive Development
Cognition
Domains, modules and activities
Logical constructivism
Information processing
Nativism
Social constructionism
Disparity and integration
Summary of Part I
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part II Attention, Memory and Executive Function
Basic Cognitive Functions
Attention
Memory
Executive Functions
Summary of Part II
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part III Conceptual Development and Reasoning
Concepts and Reasoning
Early conceptions of space, time and causality
Object concepts
Reasoning
Atypical development
Summary of Part III
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part IV Mind Understanding
The Human Mind
Visual perspective
Private speech
Early understanding of desires and beliefs
Further development of mind understanding
Individual and cultural differences
Atypical development of mind understanding
Summary of Part IIII
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part V Intelligence
The Concept of Intelligence
Theories of intelligence
Intelligence tests
Stability and variation in IQ scores
Nature, nurture and intelligence
Gender differences
Ethnicity and intelligence
Changing norms: The Flynn effect
School performance and intelligence
Atypical development
Summary of Part IV
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part VI Learning and Instruction
Learning and Adaptation
Types of learning
Two developmental perspectives on education
Cooperation among children
Atypical development: Learning disorders
Learning disorders and mental disorders
Summary of Part VI
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Part I Theories of Cognitive Development
Cognition
Domains, modules and activities
Logical constructivism
Information processing
Nativism
Social constructionism
Disparity and integration
Summary of Part I
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part II Attention, Memory and Executive Function
Basic Cognitive Functions
Attention
Memory
Executive Functions
Summary of Part II
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part III Conceptual Development and Reasoning
Concepts and Reasoning
Early conceptions of space, time and causality
Object concepts
Reasoning
Atypical development
Summary of Part III
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part IV Mind Understanding
The Human Mind
Visual perspective
Private speech
Early understanding of desires and beliefs
Further development of mind understanding
Individual and cultural differences
Atypical development of mind understanding
Summary of Part IIII
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part V Intelligence
The Concept of Intelligence
Theories of intelligence
Intelligence tests
Stability and variation in IQ scores
Nature, nurture and intelligence
Gender differences
Ethnicity and intelligence
Changing norms: The Flynn effect
School performance and intelligence
Atypical development
Summary of Part IV
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part VI Learning and Instruction
Learning and Adaptation
Types of learning
Two developmental perspectives on education
Cooperation among children
Atypical development: Learning disorders
Learning disorders and mental disorders
Summary of Part VI
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Glossary
Bibliography
Index