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Book SynopsisThe essential reference for human development theory, updated and reconceptualized The Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, a four-volume reference, is the field-defining work to which all others are compared.
Table of ContentsForeword to the Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, Seventh Edition v
Preface xiii
Volume 2 Preface xxi
Contributors xxiii
1 REFLECTIONS ON COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 1
Lynn S. Liben and Ulrich Müller
2 BRAIN AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 9
Joan Stiles, Timothy T. Brown, Frank Haist, and Terry L. Jernigan
3 PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT 63
Scott P. Johnson and Erin E. Hannon
4 MOTOR DEVELOPMENT 113
Karen E. Adolph and Scott R. Robinson
5 ATTENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 158
Jelena Ristic and James T. Enns
6 MEMORY DEVELOPMENT 203
Mark L. Howe
7 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION 250
Tara Callaghan and John Corbit
8 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 296
Brian MacWhinney
9 GESTURE AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 339
Susan Goldin-Meadow
10 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL UNDERSTANDING 381
Jeremy I. M. Carpendale and Charlie Lewis
11 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLAY 425
Angeline S. Lillard
12 CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT 469
Vladimir Sloutsky
13 THE DEVELOPMENT OF REASONING 519
Robert B. Ricco
14 THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION 571
Ulrich Müller and Kimberly Kerns
15 THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEMPORAL COGNITION 624
Teresa McCormack
16 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC THINKING 671
Richard Lehrer and Leona Schauble
17 THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL REASONING 715
Terezinha Nunes and Peter Bryant
18 LITERACY DEVELOPMENT 763
Christopher J. Lonigan
19 GENDER AND SOCIAL-COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 806
Campbell Leaper
20 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURE 854
Mary Gauvain and Susan Perez
21 ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT 897
Constance Milbrath, Gary E. McPherson, and Margaret S. Osborne
22 MEDIA AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 949
Daniel R. Anderson and Heather L. Kirkorian
23 ATYPICAL COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 995
Bruce F. Pennington
Author Index 1043
Subject Index 1083
