1st Edition
Typical and Atypical Child Development 4 Cognition, Intelligence and Learning
Introduction
Part I Theories of Cognitive Development
- Cognition
- Domains, modules and activities
- Logical constructivism
- Information processing
- Nativism
- Social constructionism
- Disparity and integration
- Basic Cognitive Functions
- Attention
- Memory
- Executive Functions
- Concepts and Reasoning
- Early conceptions of space, time and causality
- Object concepts
- Reasoning
- Atypical development
- The Human Mind
- Visual perspective
- Private speech
- Early understanding of desires and beliefs
- Further development of mind understanding
- Individual and cultural differences
- Atypical development of mind understanding
- The Concept of Intelligence
- Theories of intelligence
- Intelligence tests
- Stability and variation in IQ scores
- Nature, nurture and intelligence
- Gender differences
- Ethnicity and intelligence
- Changing norms: The Flynn effect
- School performance and intelligence
- Atypical development
- Learning and Adaptation
- Types of learning
- Two developmental perspectives on education
- Cooperation among children
- Atypical development: Learning disorders
- Learning disorders and mental disorders
Summary of Part I
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part II Attention, Memory and Executive Function
Summary of Part II
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part III Conceptual Development and Reasoning
Summary of Part III
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part IV Mind Understanding
Summary of Part IIII
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part V Intelligence
Summary of Part IV
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Part VI Learning and Instruction
Summary of Part VI
Core Issues
Suggestions for further reading
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Stephen von Tetzchner is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway.
The individual topic books in the Topics from Child and Adolescent Psychology are drawn from Stephen von Tetzchner’s comprehensive core textbook, Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Praise for the core textbook:
‘Extremely useful text for students and practitioners alike.’ Dr. Graham Music, Consultant Psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic London, UK.
‘Illustrates how knowledge about typical and atypical development can be integrated and used to highlight fundamental processes of human growth and maturation.’ Dr. John Coleman, PhD, OBE, UK.
