Cognitive development : infancy through adolescence / Kathleen M. Galotti.

Author/creator Galotti, Kathleen M., 1957-
Format Book
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, ©2011.
Descriptionxix, 512 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction and overview -- Major theories, frameworks, and research methods -- Infancy : perception and attention -- Infancy : memorial and conceptual development -- Late infancy/early childhood : acquiring language -- Early childhood : perception and attention -- Early childhood : memory and conceptual development -- Early childhood : higher-order and social cognition -- Middle childhood : basic cognitive processes -- Middle childhood : long-term memory and the knowledge base -- Middle childhood : higher-order and complex skills -- Adolescence : continuing cognitive development -- Adolescence : broader impacts of cognitive development.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2010003000
ISBN9781412966665 (pbk.)
ISBN1412966663 (pbk.)