Cognitive Development

This volume assembles several years of research on the processing of gaze information and its relationship to early social-cognitive development in infants spanning many age groups. It examines how humans and non-human primates use another individualR..

In this very readable book, David Cohen discusses the latest studies and covers all the controversies that have dogged the subject of child development for nearly 150 years. He examines the work of the 'greats' like Piaget, Freud and Vygotsky and shows how the issues that have intrigued psychologist..

In this major work, originally published in 1974 and reporting on over ten years’ research of the Geneva School, the authors carried the pioneering investigations of Jean Piaget to a new and remarkable level. As Piaget said in his foreword to the book: ‘The novelty of the findings, the clarity of th..

Picturebooks, understood as a series of meaningful text-picture relations, are increasingly acknowledged as an autonomous sub-genre of children’s literature. Being highly complex aesthetic products, their use is deeply embedded in specific situations of joint attention between a caregiver and a chil..

Picturebooks, understood as a series of meaningful text-picture relations, are increasingly acknowledged as an autonomous sub-genre of children’s literature. Being highly complex aesthetic products, their use is deeply embedded in specific situations of joint attention between a caregiver and a chil..

First published in 1992, in this title the authors focus their work on the educational implications of their research. Three parts: some widely known models of cognitive development and their implications for education; learning and cognitive acceleration; teaching methods that would improve the acq..

First published in 1992, in this title the authors focus their work on the educational implications of their research. Three parts: some widely known models of cognitive development and their implications for education; learning and cognitive acceleration; teaching methods that would improve the acq..

The purpose of this book is to examine theories and evidence carefully in order to assess the causal links between parent behaviour and children's cognitive development...

The purpose of this book is to examine theories and evidence carefully in order to assess the causal links between parent behaviour and children's cognitive development...

Originally published in 1974, this book presents a theory of cognitive development based on simple but powerful processes of inference. The author produces strong experimental evidence which not only challenged Piaget’s ideas, but more importantly synthesized the old and new findings at the time int..

Originally published in 1977, Psychology for the Classroom is offered as an aid to people who are learning themselves and helping other people to learn: that is, to parents, students and particularly to teachers...

First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...