How The Child's Mind Develops

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How do we get from helpless baby to knowing teenager? What impact do television, computers, the internet, video games and evolving technology have on the way children's minds develop? Is cognition a question of learning and environment or of heredity? How we learn to think, perceive, remember, talk, reason and learn is a central topic in psychology - and one that sees constant new research. In this very readable book, David Cohen discusses the latest studies and covers all the controversies that have dogged the subject for nearly 150 years. He examines the work of the 'greats' like Piaget, Fre.;Front Cover -- How the Child's Mind Develops -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The developing brain -- 2 The logical child: Piaget's theory of cognitive development -- 3 Egocentric or social animals? The work of Lev Vygotsky -- 4 The development of a moral sense -- 5 Other people and other minds -- 6 The development of memory -- 7 Measuring children's cognitive development -- 8 Nature or nurture? -- 9 Cognitive development in the classroom: Reading, writing and arithmetic -- 10 Toys are so yesterday: Computers, mobiles and the child as consumer -- References -- Index. Front Cover -- How the Child's Mind Develops -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The developing brain -- 2 The logical child: Piaget's theory of cognitive development -- 3 Egocentric or social animals? The work of Lev Vygotsky -- 4 The development of a moral sense -- 5 Other people and other minds -- 6 The development of memory -- 7 Measuring children's cognitive development -- 8 Nature or nurture? -- 9 Cognitive development in the classroom: Reading, writing and arithmetic -- 10 Toys are so yesterday: Computers, mobiles and the child as consumer -- References -- Index.