Cognitive Development in Infancy and Childhood by Mary Gauvain

Cognitive Development in Infancy and Childhood by Mary Gauvain

This Element describes the main theories that guide contemporary research in cognitive development along with research discoveries in several important cognitive abilities: attention, language, social cognition, memory, metacognition and executive function, and problem solving and reasoning. Biological and social contributions are considered side-by-side, and cultural contributions are highlighted. As children participate in social interactions and learn to use cultural symbols and tools to organize and support their thinking, the behaviors and understandings of the social community and the culture more broadly become an integral part of children's thoughts and actions. Culture, the natural ecological setting or habitat of human beings, plays a significant role by providing support and direction for cognitive development. Without the capacity to learn socially, human cognition would be markedly different from what it is today.

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ISBN 13	9781108958127
ISBN 10	1108958125
Title	Cognitive Development in Infancy and Childhood
Author	Mary Gauvain
Series	Elements In Child Development
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2022-08-11
Number of pages	75
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