Perceptual Development

Visual, Auditory, and Speech Perception in Infancy
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-23414-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 840 g

Reihe: Psychology Revivals

In order for infants to make sense of the world they have to perceive it, and research into the development of sensory and perceptual abilities is one of the most exciting and important areas of infancy research.

Originally published in 1998, the aim of this book was both to reflect current knowledge of perceptual development and to point to some of the many questions that remained unanswered at the time. The study of perceptual development is now a sophisticated science. The majority of the chapters tell a fascinating detective story: the way in which infants perceive and understand the world as they develop. Each of the major sections is prefaced by introductory comments, and the book will still be useful for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers, and other professionals who have an interest in early perceptual development and in infancy in general.

Zielgruppe

Adult education, General, and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Slater, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors. Preface.  Part I – How the Visual System Develops: Normal and Abnormal Development Introduction 1. The Development of Basic and Visual Abilities Louise Hainline 2. Abnormal Visual Development Merrick J.Moseley, Meir Neufield and Alistair R. Fielder Part II – Visual Development: From Sensation to Perception Introduction 3. Nativism and Empiricism: The History of Two Ideas Ian Gordon and Alan Slater  4. The Competent Infant: Innate Organisation and Early Learning in Infant Visual Perception Alan Slater 5. Object and Spatial Categorisation in Young Infants: “What” and “Where” in Early Visual Perception Paul C. Quinn 6. The Development of Infant Causal Perception Leslie B. Cohen, Geoffrey Amsel, Melissa A. Redford and Marianella Casasola 7. Object Perception and Object Knowledge in Young Infants: A View from Studies of Visual Development Scott P. Johnson  Part III – Perception of Social Stimuli Introduction 8. Infant Social Perception Darwin W. Muir and Jacqueline Nadel 9. Discrimination and Categorisation of Facial Expressions of Emotion During Infancy Michelle de Haan and Charles A. Nelson  Part IV – Perception of Speech Introduction 10. Foetal Responses to Auditory and Speech Stimuli Jean-Pierre Lecanuet 11. Speech Perception During the First Year Peter W. Jusczyk, Derek Houston and Mara Goodman 12. Three Methods for Testing Infant Speech Perception Janet F. Werker, Rushen Shi, Renee Desjardins, Judith E. Pegg, Linda Polka and Michelle Patterson. Author Index. Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Slater was Associate Professor at Exeter University. He is the author of over 130 scientific articles, the majority of which are on infant development. He has collaborated with many internationally renowned infancy researchers and is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science for ‘sustained and distinguished contributions to psychological science’.