
Conceptual Development
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How should we represent the workings and contents of the mind?
How does the child construct mental models during the course of development?
What are the origins of these models? and
What accounts for the novelties that are the products and producers of developmental change?
These questions are situated in a historical context, Piagetian theory, and contemporary researchers attempt to trace how they draw upon, depart from, and transform the Piagetian legacy to revisit classic issues such as the child's awareness of the workings of mental life, the child's ability to represent the world, and the child's growing ability to process and learn from experience. The theoretical perspectives covered include constructivism, connectionism, theory-theory, information processing, dynamical systems, and social constructivist approaches. The research areas span imitation, mathematical reasoning, biological knowledge, language development, and theory of mind.
Written by major contributors to the field, this work will be of interest to students and researchers wanting a brief but in-depth overview of the contemporary field of cognitive development.
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"The book is highly commended to readers interested in the area of conceptual and cognitive development, in particular, to those searching for alternatives to Piaget's theory."-Contemporary Psychology
"This is first-rate collection. I learned a lot from its papers, several of which are already on the reading list for my...courses. Since every chapter provides an expert's summary of recent research in central areas of conceptual development, these are a real bonus. Even better are the keen analyses and critical commentaries on offer in some abundance to keep researchers' minds on over-drive. To repeat: read this first-rate collection whose editors have done a good job in bringing together this splendid team. In fact, read it from cover to cover."
-British Journal of Educational Psychology
"...an admirable job of presenting the diversity and scope of research on coneptual development....With this collection, the editors have provided both an impetus to revisit basic questions in the field as well as an excellent resource for addressing them."
-Human Development
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