David Cohen

How the Child's Mind Develops

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Produktbeschreibung

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 psychologists relate to any child growing up today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138707528
• ISBN-10: 113870752X
• Artikelnr.: 69944330

Autorenporträt

David Cohen is a psychologist, film maker and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. His film on the Soham murders, When Holly Went Missing, was nominated for a BAFTA award.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of illustrations
Introduction
1 - The developing brain
2 - The logical child: Piaget's theory of cognitive development
3 - Egocentric or social animals? The work of Lev Vygotsky
4 - The development of a moral sense
5 - Shared sweetness: the mother child diary
6 - Other people and other minds
7 - The development of memory
8 - Measuring children's cognitive development
9 - Nature or nurture?
10 - Cognitive development in the classroom: Reading, writing and
arithmetic
11 - Toys are so yesterday: Computers, mobiles, ipads and the child as
consumer
References
Index