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Test Bank For Children’s Thinking Cognitive Development and Individual Differences 6th Edition By Bjorklund
Test Bank For Children’s Thinking Cognitive Development and Individual Differences 6th Edition By David F. Bjorklund, Kayla B. Causey, ISBN: 9781506334356
The Sixth Edition of the topically organized Children’s Thinking presents a current, comprehensive, and dynamic examination of cognitive development. The book covers individual children and their developmental journeys while also following the general paths of overall cognitive development in children. This unique and effective approach gives readers a holistic view of children’s cognitive development, acknowledging that while no two children are exactly alike, they tend to follow similar developmental patterns. Supported by the latest research studies and data, the Sixth Edition provides valuable insights for readers to better understand and work with children.
Table Of Content
Basic Concepts in Cognitive Development
Six Truths of Cognitive Development
Goals of Cognitive Developmentalists
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
Evolution and Cognitive Development
Models of Gene-Environment Interaction
Development of the Brain
Developmental Biology and Cognitive Development
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
Role of Culture in Cognitive Development
Cognitive Artifacts That Support and Extend Thinking: Tools of Intellectual Adaptation
Social Origins of Early Cognitive Competencies
Sociocultural Theory and Cognitive Development
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
Basic Perceptual Abilities of Young Infants
Methodologies Used to Assess Infant Perception
Development of Visual Perception
Auditory Development
Combining Senses
Perceptual Narrowing
How Do We Know What Babies Know? The Violation-of-Expectation Method
Core Knowledge
What Is Infant Cognition Made Of?
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
Learning to Use Symbols
Piaget’s Theory
Everyday Expressions of the Symbolic Function
Causal Representation
Fuzzy-Trace Theory
The Symbolic Species
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
Theory Theories of Cognitive Development
Folk Psychology: Developing a Theory of Mind
Folk Biology: Understanding the Biological World
Folk Physics: Understanding the Physical World
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
Assumptions of Information-Processing Approaches
Development of Basic-Level Processes: Executive Function
Development of Strategies
Learning to Solve Problems
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
Representation of Knowledge
Memory Development in Infancy
Infantile Amnesia
Implicit Memory
Development of Event Memory
Children as Eyewitnesses
Remembering to Remember
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
What Is Language?
Describing Children’s Language Development
Some Theoretical Perspectives of Language Development
Bilingualism and Second-Language Learning
Sex Differences in Language Acquisition
Language and Thought
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
Social Learning
Social Information Processing
Development of a Concept of Self
Cognitive Bases of Gender Identity
How Special Is Social Cognition?
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
Development of Reading Skills
Children’s Number and Arithmetic Concepts
Schooling and Cognitive Development
Evolutionary Educational Psychology
Key Terms and Concepts
Psychometric Approach to the Study of Intelligence
Information-Processing Approaches to the Study of Intelligence
Sternberg’s Theory of Successful Intelligence
Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
Transactional Approach to the Study of Intelligence
Behavioral Genetics and the Heritability of Intelligence
Experience and Intelligence
Stability of Intelligence
Key Terms and Concepts
Suggested Readings
