Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development

This definitive volume provides state-of-the-art summaries of current research by leading specialists in different areas of cognitive development. Forms part of a series of four Blackwell Handbooks in Developmental Psychology spanning infancy to adulthood. Covers all the major topics in research and theory about childhood cognitive development. Synthesizes the latest research findings in an accessible manner. Includes chapters on abnormal cognitive development and theoretical perspectives, as well as basic research topics. Now available in full text online via xreferplus, the award-winning reference library on the web from xrefer. For more information, visit xreferplus.com

This definitive volume provides state-of-the-art summaries ofcurrent research by leading specialists in different areas ofcognitive development.* * Forms part of a series of four Blackwell Handbooks inDevelopmental Psychology spanning infancy to adulthood.* Covers all the major topics in research and theory aboutchildhood cognitive development.* Synthesizes the latest research findings in an accessiblemanner.* Includes chapters on abnormal cognitive development andtheoretical perspectives, as well as basic research topics.* Now available in full text online via xreferplus, theaward-winning reference library on the web from xrefer. For moreinformation, visit xreferplus.com

Acknowledgments xList of Contributors xiPart I Infancy: The Origins of Cognitive Development11 Imitation as a Mechanism of Social Cognition: Origins ofEmpathy, Theory of Mind, and the Representation of Action 6Andrew N. Meltzoff2 The Development of Understanding Self and Agency 26György Gergely3 The Acquisition of Physical Knowledge in Infancy: A Summary inEight Lessons 47Renée Baillargeon4 Early Categorization: A New Synthesis 84Paul C. Quinn5 Early Word-Learning and Conceptual Development: Everything hada Name, and Each Name Gave Birth to a New Thought 102Sandra R. Waxman6 Early Memory Development 127Patricia J. BauerPart II Cognitive Development in Early Childhood 1477 Development of the Animate-Inanimate Distinction151Susan A. Gelman and John E. Opfer8 Understanding the Psychological World: Developing a Theory ofMind 167Henry M. Wellman9 Pretend Play and Cognitive Development 188Angeline Lillard10 Early Development of the Understanding and Use of SymbolicArtifacts 206Judy S. DeLoachePart III Topics in Cognitive Development in Childhood22711 Memory Development in Childhood 236Wolfgang Schneider12 The Development of Causal Reasoning 257Barbara Koslowski and Amy Masnick13 Inductive and Deductive Reasoning 282Usha Goswami14 The Development of Moral Reasoning 303Larry P. Nucci15 Spatial Development in Childhood: Where Are We Now? 326Lynn S. Liben16 Children's Intuitive Physics 349Friedrich Wilkening and Susanne Huber17 What is Scientific Thinking, and How Does It Develop?371Deanna Kuhn18 Reading Development and Dyslexia 394Margaret J. Snowling19 Children's Understanding of Mathematics 412Peter Bryant and Terezhina NuñesPart IV Topics in Atypical Cognitive Development 44120 Executive Function in Typical and Atypical Development445Philip David Zelazo and Ulrich Müller21 Language and Cognition: Evidence from Disordered Language470Barbara Dodd and Sharon Crosbie22 The Exact Mind: Empathizing and Systemizing in AutismSpectrum Conditions 491Simon Baron-Cohen, Sally Wheelwright, John Lawson, Rick Griffinand Jacqueline HillPart V Models of Cognitive Development 50923 Piaget's Model 515Leslie Smith24 Vygotsky's Model of Cognitive Development 538Shawn M. Rowe and James V. Wertsch25 Information-Processing Models of Cognitive Development555Graeme S. Halford26 Modeling Typical and Atypical Cognitive Development:Computational Constraints on Mechanisms of Change 575Michael S. C. Thomas and Annette Karmiloff-Smith27 Individual Differences in Cognitive Development 600Robert J. SternbergReferences 620Index 737