Theories Infant Development

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-631-23337-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 765 g

This volume provides an authoritative survey of all the major theories of infant development.
- An authoritative survey of major theoretical issues in infant development.
- Written by leading scholars in the field of infancy.
- Each chapter either presents a distinct theoretical approach to infant development or reviews contrasting theories in a specific subfield.
- Pays particular attention to current theoretical controversies.
- Contributors include Eugene Goldfield, Andy Meltzoff, Marinus van Ijzendoorn, Mark Johnson and Annette Karmiloff-Smith, among others.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bremner, J Gavin

Slater, Alan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors.

preface.

Part I: Development of Perception and Action.

1. A Dynamical Systems Perspective On Infant Action And Its Development. (Eugene C. Goldfield & Peter H. Wolff).

2. A Developmental Perspective On Visual Proprioception. (David I. Anderson, Joseph J. Campos & Marianne A. Barbu-Roth).

3. From Direct Perception To The Primacy Of Action: A Closer Look At James Gibson's Ecological Approach To Psychology. (Alan Costall).

4. The Development Of Perception In A Multimodal Environment. (Lorraine E. Bahrick).

5. Neuroscience Perspectives On Infant Development. (Mark H. Johnson & Annette Karmiloff-Smith).

Part II: Cognitive Development.

6. The Case For Developmental Cognitive Science: Theories Of People And Things. (Andrew N. Meltzoff).

7. Theories Of Development Of The Object Concept. (Scott Johnson).

8. Remembering Infancy: Accessing Our Earliest Experiences. (Alan Fogel).

Part III: Social Development & Communication:.

9. Maternal Sensitivity Is More Important Than Infant Temperament In Shaping The Infant-Mother Attachment Relationship. (Marinus H. Van Ijzendoorn & Marian J. Bakerman-Kranenburg).

10. Emerging Co-Awareness. (Philippe Rochat).

11. Processes Of Development In Early Communication. (David Messer).

12. Joint Visual Attention In Infancy. (George Butterworth).

Afterword: Tribute To George Butterworth. (Peter E. Bryant).

Author Index.

Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Gavin Bremner is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Lancaster. He is the author and editor of several books, including the popular textbook Infancy (Blackwell Publishers, 2nd edition, 1994) and the Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development (Blackwell Publishing, 2002). Alan Slater is Reader in Developmental Psychology at the University of Exeter. He is co-editor of the Blackwell Reader in Developmental Psychology (Blackwell Publishers, 1999), and co-editor with Gavin Bremner of Introduction to Developmental Psychology (Blackwell Publishing, 2003).