This book is perfect for anyone interested in understanding the fascinating nature of children's thinking and the various approaches to cognitive development. With its integrated topical approach, it covers a wide range of theories including Piaget's stages, information-processing, dynamics systems, and neuroscience. The book's comprehensive exploration and balanced perspective make it a valuable resource for parents, students, and professionals in psychology, social work, education, and more.

Riley is your virtual thrift companion, and here to help you find your next favourite read. You can also find in-stock similar reads linked by topic and genre here!

Cutting-edge and "big-picture" in perspective, this popular introduction to
cognitive development focuses on both the fascinating nature of children's
thinking and the excitement and change in work in this area. Using an
integrated topical approach, it explores the developmental aspects of
social cognition, perception, memory, and language. Theoretically balanced,
it considers the full spectrum of approaches--from Piaget's developmental
stages, to information-processing (including connectionism), dynamic
systems, contextual, theory-change, neo-Piagetian, evolutionary,
neuroscience, and constraint approaches. Infant Perception. Infant
Cognition. Representation and Concepts. Reasoning and Problem Solving.
Social Cognition/Theory of Mind. Memory. Language. For anyone interested in
child development, including parents, students, and those in psychology,
social work, education, etc.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.