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Book SynopsisFocusing on developmental psychology, this work features 12 essays exploring contemporary views and developments in research and theory in the relationship between imagination and cognition in childhood.
Table of ContentsPreface
PART I: OVERVIEW
The Child's First Ways of Knowing Delmont Morrison
PART II: DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS
Socialization and Moral Development Michael Siegal and Robin Francis Learned Helplessness in Children: Perception of Control and Casual Attributions Steven Friedlander
Music in the Organization of Childhood Experience Peter Ostwald and Delmont Morrison
PART III: THE CONTRIBUTION OF EXPERIENCE
Imagination and Creativity in Childhood: The Influence of the Family Diana Shmukler A Cognitive-Affective Theory of the Development of Imagination: Family Mediation and Television Influences Jerome L. Singer and Dorothy G. Singer
Social Cognition and Social Competence in Childhood through Adolescence Lawrence A. Kurdek
PART IV: THE USES OF IMAGINATION
Process and Change in Child Therapy and Development: The Concept of Metaphor Sebastiano Santostefano The Paracosm: A Special Form of Fantasy Robert Silvey and Stephen MacKeith
The Realities of Play Brian Vandenberg
E. Nesbit's Forty-First Year: Her Life, Times, and Symbolizations of Personal Growth Ravenna Helson
The Development of Romantic Ideation and J. M. Barrie's Image of the Lost Boy Delmont Morrison and Shirley Linden Morrison
