Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Presents discussions on child development, with this volume serving as an invaluable resource for developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars and students

Janette B. Benson (Series edited by)

9780128178867, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 7 March 2019

303 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.52 kg

Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 56 is the latest release in this classic resource on the field of developmental psychology. Chapters highlight some of the most recent research in the field of developmental psychology, with this release covering Early moral development through social interactions, Cognitive Functioning in Children with Down Syndrome: Moderators and Opportunities for Intervention, Cultural snapshots: A Method to Capture Social Contexts in the Development of Prejudice and Stereotyping, Speaking Your Mind: Language and Narrative in Young Children’s Theory of Mind Development, Interactive Digital Media and Symbolic Development, Understanding Strategy Change: Individual, Meta-cognitive and Contextual Factors, and more.

1. The Science of Early Moral Development: on Defining, Constructing, and Studying Morality from Birth Audan Dahl 2. Mechanisms of Cross-situational Learning: Behavioral and Computational Evidence Yayun Zhang, Chi-hsin Chen and Chen Yu 3. When Representation Becomes Reality: Interactive Digital Media and Symbolic Development Georgene L. Troseth, Israel Flores and Zachery D. Stuckleman 4. Speaking Your Mind: Language and Narrative in Young Children’s Theory of Mind Virginia Tompkins, M. Jeffrey Farrar and Derek E. Montgomery 5. Cultural Snapshots: A Method to Capture Social Contexts in the Development of Prejudice and Stereotyping Kristin Pauker, Elizabeth L. Brey,Sarah A. Lamer and Max Weisbuch 6. Cultural Influences on the Development of Children’s Memory and Cognition Hongyuang Qi and Kim P. Roberts 7. Understanding Strategy Change: Contextual, Individual, and Metacognitive Factors Martha W. Alibali, Sarah A. Brown and David Menendez 8. Cognitive Functioning in Children with Down Syndrome: Current Knowledge and Future Directions Angela F. Lukowski, Helen M. Milojevich, and Lauren Eales

Subject Areas: Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Psychology [JM]