Advances in Child Development and Behavior

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-08-049328-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 29, 254 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Advances in Child Development and Behavior is intended to ease the task faced by researchers, instructors, and students who are confronted by the vast amount of research and theoretical discussion in child development and behavior. The serial provides scholarly technical articles with critical reviews, recent advances in research, and fresh theoretical viewpoints. Volume 29 discusses working memory, parent-adolescent relationships, maternal responsiveness and early language acquisition, early knowledge acquisition, schooling as a cultural process, and pre-adolescent peer relations.

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Academic/professional/technical: Undergraduate. Academic/professional/technical: Postgraduate. Academic/professional/technical: Research and professional

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Contents;6
3;Contributors;10
4;Preface;12
5;Chapter 1. The Search for What Is Fundamental in the Development of Working Memory;14
5.1;I. Introduction;15
5.2;II. Evidence of Developmental Change in Processing Parameters of Working Memory;32
5.3;III. Conclusions, Observations, and Speculations;47
5.4;References;57
6;Chapter 2. Culture, Autonomy, and Personal Jurisdiction in Adolescent–Parent Relationships;64
6.1;I. Introduction;65
6.2;II. Cultural Views of Autonomy and Authority;66
6.3;III. Morality, Social Convention, and Adolescent–Parent Conflict;71
6.4;IV. Culture and Adolescents’ Reasoning about Conflict;76
6.5;V. The Personal as a Domain of Knowledge;78
6.6;VI. Mothers’ Beliefs about Children’s Personal Freedom;82
6.7;VII. Shifts and Discrepancies in Adolescents’ Acceptance of Parental Conventions;88
6.8;VIII. Autonomy from the Perspective of Research on Adolescent Development;91
6.9;IX. Culture, Autonomy, and the Personal;93
6.10;References;94
7;Chapter 3. Maternal Responsiveness and Early Language Acquisition;102
7.1;I. Introduction;103
7.2;II. Children’s Language Experiences;104
7.3;III. The Nature of Responsiveness;106
7.4;IV. General Procedures for Studying Maternal Responsiveness and Children’s Language Development;107
7.5;V. Does Responsiveness Matter above Total Amount of Language?;109
7.6;VI. Does Maternal Responsiveness Predict the Timing of Children’s Language Achievements?;112
7.7;VII. Is the Influence of Responsiveness on Child Language General or Specific?;116
7.8;VIII. What is the Magnitude of Effects for Children Experiencing Extremes of Responsiveness?;119
7.9;IX. Why Does Verbal Responsiveness Matter?;128
7.10;X. Responsiveness and Language: Additional Considerations;131
7.11;References;136
8;Chapter 4. Schooling as Cultural Process: Working Together and Guidance by Children from Schools Differing in Collaborative Practices;142
8.1;I. Introduction;143
8.2;II. A Cultural Comparison Focusing on Schooling Traditions;146
8.3;III. Discussion of the Findings: Culture of Schooling in Shaping How Children Work Together and Guide Each Other;161
8.4;References;169
9;Chapter 5. Beyond Prototypes: Asymmetries in Infant Categorization and What They Teach Us about the Mechanisms Guiding Early Knowledge Acquisition;174
9.1;I. Introduction;175
9.2;II. Historical and Contemporary Views of Infant Development;175
9.3;III. Infant Visual Preferences and Their Translation into Methodological Tools to Investigate Early Cognitive Development;176
9.4;IV. Perception in Service of Cognition;177
9.5;V. Assessing Categorization in Young Infants;178
9.6;VI. Asymmetries in Infant Categorization;179
9.7;VII. Conclusion: Relation of Specific Findings to Knowledge Acquisition in General;198
9.8;References;201
10;Chapter 6. Peer Relations in the Transition to Adolescence;208
10.1;I. Introduction;208
10.2;II. Method;218
10.3;III. Results and Discussion;225
10.4;IV. Implications for Further Theory Development;237
10.5;References;240
11;Author Index;244
12;Subject Index;254
13;Contents of Previous Volumes;260