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Wang, Su-hua; Kohne, Lisa – Developmental Psychology, 2007
Four experiments examined whether infants' use of task-relevant information in an action task could be facilitated by visual experience in the laboratory. Twelve- but not 9-month-old infants spontaneously used height information and chose an appropriate (taller) cover in search of a hidden tall toy. After watching examples of covering events in a…
Descriptors: Infants, Visual Perception, Laboratory Experiments, Child Development
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Fonagy, Peter; Gergely, George; Target, Mary – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Developmental psychology and psychopathology has in the past been more concerned with the quality of self-representation than with the development of the subjective agency which underpins our experience of feeling, thought and action, a key function of mentalisation. This review begins by contrasting a Cartesian view of pre-wired introspective…
Descriptors: Cues, Caregivers, Infants, Psychopathology
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Kessen, William; Reznick, J. Steven – Cognitive Development, 1993
Reviews "The Epigenesis of Mind: Essays on Biology and Cognition" (S. Carey and R. Gelman, editors), a collection of essays that present a hard-scientific vision of cognitive development. Examines the arguments this work articulates and then determines the place it occupies in the analysis of the state of developmental psychology as presented in…
Descriptors: Biology, Book Reviews, Child Development, Child Psychology
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Walker-Andrews, Arlene S. – Cognitive Development, 1993
Reviews "An Odyssey in Learning and Perception" (E. J. Gibson), a volume of collected works that present a first-hand account of many advances in psychology over the past 60 years. A discussion of the two basic questions that capture the essence of Gibson's research, "What is learned" and "What is information" is…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Book Reviews, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Psychology
Maratos, Olga – 1973
This experimental study has three aims: (1) to give a detailed description of imitative behavior as it develops during the first six months of life; (2) to compare imitative responses perceived through visual, kinesthetic and auditory modalities; and (3) to describe and explain the regulating mechanisms and processes present in the early…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Behavior Rating Scales, Developmental Psychology, Discrimination Learning
Lavatelli, Celia Stendler; Stendler, Faith – 1972
Some of the major changes that have influenced the field of child development since the last edition (1964) are presented in this edition. The book is divided into six parts, each with an introduction that summarizes what is important in the various domains of child development. Part One, The Grand Systems, is intended to give the reader a solid…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Books, Child Development, Cognitive Development