Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 4: Cognition, Intelligence and Learning

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. Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents Introduction Part I Theories of Cognitive Development 1 Cognition 2 Domains, Modules and Activities 3 Logical Constructivism 4 Information Processing 5 Nativism 6 Social Constructivism 7 Disparity and Integration Summary of Part I Core Issues Suggestions for Further Reading Part II Attention, Memory and Executive Function 8 Basic Cognitive Functions 9 Attention 10 Memory 11 Executive Functions Summary of Part II Core Issues Suggestions for Further Reading Part III Conceptual Development and Reasoning 12 Concepts and Reasoning 13 Early Conceptions of Space, Time and Causality 14 Object Concepts 15 Reasoning 16 Atypical Development Summary of Part III Core Issues Suggestions for Further Reading Part IV Mind Understanding 17 The Human Mind 18 Visual Perspective 19 Private Speech 20 Early Understanding of Desires and Beliefs 21 Further Development of Mind Understanding 22 Individual and Cultural Differences 23 Atypical Development of Mind Understanding Summary of Part IV Core Issues Suggestions for Further Reading Part V Intelligence 24 The Concept of Intelligence 25 Theories of Intelligence 26 Intelligence Tests 27 Stability and Variation in IQ Scores 28 Nature, Nurture and Intelligence 29 Gender Differences 30 Ethnicity and Intelligence 31 Changing Norms: The Flynn Effect 32 School Performance and Intelligence 33 Atypical Development Summary of Part V Core Issues Suggestions for Further Reading Part VI Learning and Instruction 34 Learning and Adaptation 35 Types of Learning 36 Two Developmental Perspectives on Education 37 Cooperation among Children 38 Atypical Development: Learning Disorders 39 Learning Disorders and Mental Disorders Summary of Part VI Core Issues Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Bibliography Index Endorsements