Advances in Child Development and Behavior

1. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-0-08-056596-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 24, 317 Seiten, Web PDF

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Advances in Child Development and Behavior is intended to ease the task faced by researchers, instructors, and students who are confronted by the vast amount of research and theoretical discussion in child development and behavior. The serial provides scholarly technical articles and a place for the publication of scholarly speculation. In these documented critical reviews, recent advances in the field are summarized and integrated, complexities are exposed, and fresh viewpoints are offered. The serial should be useful to experts it the area as well as graduate students. Each volume of Advances in Child Development and Behavior contains an index, and each chapter includes references.

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Academic/professional/technical: Postgraduate. Academic/professional/technical: Research and professional

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 24;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Contents;6
5;Contributors;10
6;Preface;12
7;Chapter 1. Music and Speech Processing in the First Year of Life;14
7.1;I. Why Study Music and Speech Processing in Infancy? ;15
7.2;II. Speech to Infants ;17
7.3;III. Song to Infants;22
7.4;IV. Infants' Processing of Speech Sequences;28
7.5;V. Infants' Processing of Musical Sequences;31
7.6;VI. Music and Speech: Present Perspectives and Future Prospects;38
7.7;References;42
8;Chapter 2. Effects of Feeding Method on Infant Temperament;50
8.1;I. Introduction;50
8.2;II. Temperament in Early Infancy;52
8.3;III. Diet and Early Behavior;55
8.4;IV. The Sample Case of Feeding Regimen;56
8.5;V. Feeding Method and Activity;61
8.6;VI. Discussion;66
8.7;VII. Recommendations for Further Research;68
8.8;References;69
9;Chapter 3. The Development of Reading;76
9.1;I. Introduction;76
9.2;II. Controversies and Methodological Issues;77
9.3;III. Basic Cognitive Processes in Reading;81
9.4;IV. Conclusions;105
9.5;References;105
10;Chapter 4. Learning to Read: A Theoretical Synthesis;112
10.1;I. Introduction;113
10.2;II. Methodological Issues;113
10.3;III. Theories of Reading Development;116
10.4;IV. Descriptive Stage Models of Reading Development;118
10.5;V. Constraints on Reading Development: Theories about External Causes;121
10.6;VI. Cognitive Processing Theories of Reading Development;130
10.7;VII. The Biological Bases of Reading Ability;137
10.8;VIII. Conclusion;140
10.9;References;141
11;Chapter 5. Does Reading Make You Smarter? Literacy and the Development of Verbal Intelligence;146
11.1;I. Introduction;147
11.2;II. The Rise of the “Great Divide” Theories;147
11.3;III. Great Divide Theories under Attack;150
11.4;IV. The Death Blow to Great Divide Theories: Scribner and Cole;151
11.5;V. Premature Closure on the Consequences of Literacy?;153
11.6;VI. Studying the Direct Consequences of Literacy within a Literate Society;154
11.7;VII. The Specific Cognitive Correlates of Print Exposure;166
11.8;VIII. Summary and Conclusion;182
11.9;References;187
12;Chapter 6. Sex-of-Sibling Effects: Part I. Gender Role, Intelligence, Achievement, and Creativity;194
12.1;I. Introduction;195
12.2;II. Gender Role;199
12.3;III. Intelligence, Creativity and Achivement;207
12.4;IV. Conclusions;221
12.5;References;222
13;Chapter 7. The Concept of Same;228
13.1;I. The Problem of Similarity;229
13.2;II. Kinds of Sameness;236
13.3;III. The Development of a Concept of Same;241
13.4;IV. A Connectionist Model of the Development of Similarity;248
13.5;V. Psychological Facts and Philosophical Problems;261
13.6;References;262
14;Chapter 8. Planning as Developmental Process;266
14.1;I. Introduction;267
14.2;II. Planning as Process;268
14.3;III. Accounts of the Development of Children's Planning Skill;269
14.4;IV. Developmental Activity Approach;271
14.5;V. Planning: Deliberate Efforts to Reach Goals;273
14.6;VI. Flexibility in Planning: Synthesis of Advance Planning and Improvisation;278
14.7;VII. The Social and Cultural Nature of Planning;284
14.8;VIII. Conclusions;289
14.9;References;290
15;Author Index;296
16;Subject Index;310
17;Contents of Previous Volumes;324