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Handbook of Child Psychology, Volume 2, Cognition, Perception, and Language, 6th Edition
William Damon (Editor), Richard M. Lerner (Editor), Deanna Kuhn (Editor), Robert S. Siegler (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-471-27289-2
Hardcover
1072 pages
March 2006
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SECTION ONE: FOUNDATIONS.

1. Neural Bases of Cognitive Development (Charles A. Nelson, Kathleen M. Thomas and Michelle de Haan).

2. The Infant's Auditory World: Hearing, Speech, and the Beginnings of Language (Jenny R. Saffran, Janet F. Werker and Lynne A. Werner).

3. Infant Visual Perception (Philip J. Kellman and Martha E. Arterberry).

4. Motor Development (Karen E. Adolph and& Sarah E. Berger).

5. Infant Cognition (Leslie B. Cohen and Cara H. Cashon).

SECTION TWO: COGNITION AND COMMUNICATION

6. Acquiring Linguistic Constructions (Michael Tomasello).

7. Early Word Learning (Sandra R. Waxman and Jeffrey L. Lidz).

8. Nonverbal Communication: The Hand's Role in Talking and Thinking (Susan Goldin-Meadow).

SECTION THREE: COGNITIVE PROCESSES.

9. Event Memory (Patricia J. Bauer).

10. Information Processing Approaches to Development (Yuko Munakata).

11. Microgenetic Analysis of Learning (Robert S. Siegler).

12. Cognitive Strategies Michael Pressley and Katherine Hilden).

13. Reasoning and Problem Solving (Graeme S. Halford and Glenda Andrews).

14. Cognitive Science and Cognitive Development (Frank Keil).

15. Culture and Cognitive Development in Phylogenetic, Historical, and Ontogenetic Perspective (Michael Cole).

SECTION FOUR: CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND ACHIEVMENTS.

16. Conceptual Development (Susan A. Gelman and Charles W. Kalish).

17. Development of Spatial Cognition (Nora S. Newcombe and Janellen Huttenlocher).

18. Development of Mathematical Understanding (David C. Geary).

19. Social Cognition (Paul L. Harris).

20. Development in the Arts: Drawing and Music (Ellen Winner).

21. Extraordinary Achievements: A Developmental and Systems Analysis (Seana Moran and Howard Gardner).

SECTION FIVE: THE PERSPECTIVE BEYOND CHILDHOOD.

22. The Second Decade: What Develops (and how) (Deanna Kuhn and Sam Franklin).

Author Index.

Subject Index.