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Typical and Atypical Child Development 4 Cognition, Intelligence and Learning
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Introduction

Part I Theories of Cognitive Development

    • Cognition
    • Domains, modules and activities
    • Logical constructivism
    • Information processing
    • Nativism
    • Social constructionism
    • Disparity and integration
    • Summary of Part I

      Core Issues

      Suggestions for further reading

      Part II Attention, Memory and Executive Function

    • Basic Cognitive Functions
    • Attention
    • Memory
    • Executive Functions
    • Summary of Part II

      Core Issues

      Suggestions for further reading

      Part III Conceptual Development and Reasoning

    • Concepts and Reasoning
    • Early conceptions of space, time and causality
    • Object concepts
    • Reasoning
    • Atypical development
    • Summary of Part III

      Core Issues

      Suggestions for further reading

      Part IV Mind Understanding

    • The Human Mind
    • Visual perspective
    • Private speech
    • Early understanding of desires and beliefs
    • Further development of mind understanding
    • Individual and cultural differences
    • Atypical development of mind understanding
    • Summary of Part IIII

      Core Issues

      Suggestions for further reading

      Part V Intelligence

    • The Concept of Intelligence
    • Theories of intelligence
    • Intelligence tests
    • Stability and variation in IQ scores
    • Nature, nurture and intelligence
    • Gender differences
    • Ethnicity and intelligence
    • Changing norms: The Flynn effect
    • School performance and intelligence
    • Atypical development
    • Summary of Part IV

      Core Issues

      Suggestions for further reading

      Part VI Learning and Instruction

    • Learning and Adaptation
    • Types of learning
    • Two developmental perspectives on education
    • Cooperation among children
    • Atypical development: Learning disorders
    • Learning disorders and mental disorders
  • Summary of Part VI

    Core Issues

    Suggestions for further reading

    Glossary

    Bibliography

    Index

    About the Author

    Stephen von Tetzchner is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway.

    Reviews

    The individual topic books in the Topics from Child and Adolescent Psychology are drawn from Stephen von Tetzchner’s comprehensive core textbook, Child and Adolescent Psychology.Praise for the core textbook:‘Extremely useful text for students and practitioners alike.’ Dr. Graham Music, Consultant Psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic London, UK.‘Illustrates how knowledge about typical and atypical development can be integrated and used to highlight fundamental processes of human growth and maturation.’ Dr. John Coleman, PhD, OBE, UK.

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