Bremner / Slater Theories of Infant Development

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-75217-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, E-Book

This volume provides an authoritative survey of all the majortheories of infant development.
* * An authoritative survey of major theoretical issues in infantdevelopment.
* Written by leading scholars in the field of infancy.
* Each chapter either presents a distinct theoretical approach toinfant development or reviews contrasting theories in a specificsubfield.
* Pays particular attention to current theoreticalcontroversies.
* Contributors include Eugene Goldfield, Andy Meltzoff, Marinusvan Ijzendoorn, Mark Johnson and Annette Karmiloff-Smith, amongothers.

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 ItsDevelopment. (Eugene C. Goldfield & Peter H. Wolff).
2. A Developmental Perspective On Visual Proprioception. (DavidI. Anderson, Joseph J. Campos & Marianne A. Barbu-Roth).
3. From Direct Perception To The Primacy Of Action: A CloserLook At James Gibson's Ecological Approach To Psychology. (AlanCostall).
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 OfPeople And Things. (Andrew N. Meltzoff).
7. Theories Of Development Of The Object Concept. (ScottJohnson).
8. Remembering Infancy: Accessing Our Earliest Experiences.(Alan Fogel).
Part III: Social Development & Communication:.
9. Maternal Sensitivity Is More Important Than InfantTemperament 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. (DavidMesser).
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).