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Event Knowledge: Structure and Function in Development book cover

1st Edition

Event Knowledge Structure and Function in Development

By Katherine Nelson Copyright 1986
294 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge
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Originally published in 1986, Event Knowledge: Structure and Function in Development was first undertaken because the authors were interested in certain phenomena of cognitive development in early childhood. In particular, they were struck by the discrepancy between young children’s apparent competence in everyday activities and their apparent incompetence on certain cognitive tasks. The... Read more

Preface.  1. Event Knowledge and Cognitive Development Katherine Nelson  2. Children’s Scripts Katherine Nelson and Janice Gruendel  3. Actions, Actors, Links, and Goals: The Structure of Children’s Event Representations Elizabeth A. Slackman, Judith A. Hudson and Robyn Fivush  4. The Acquisition and Development of Scripts Robyn Fivush and Elizabeth A. Slackman  5. Memories are Made of This: General Event Knowledge and Development of Autobiographic Memory Judith A. Hudson  6. The Language of Events Lucia A. French  7. Event Representations, Context, and Language Joan Lucariello, Amy Kyratzis and Susan Engel  8. Make Believe Scripts: The Transformation of ERs in Fantasy Susan Seidman, Katherine Nelson and Janice Gruendel  9. Event Representations as the Basis for Categorical Knowledge Joan Lucariello and Anthony Rifkin  10. The Application of Scripts in the Organization of Language Intervention Contexts Catherine M. Constable  11. Event Knowledge and Cognitive Development Katherine Nelson.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

Katherine Nelson (1930–2018) was, at the time of original publication, based at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY), USA.

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