Transition Mechanisms in Child Development
The Longitudinal Perspective

This collection brings together work in the longitudinal study of the interaction of cognition and emotion in individual development.

Anik de Ribaupierre (Edited by)

9780521371384, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 September 1989

354 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.638 kg

This collection brings together work in an important area that has become the focus of major research in European developmental psychology: the longitudinal study of the interaction of cognition and emotion in individual development. Leading international researchers in developmental psychology have prepared chapters that examine transition mechanisms in areas including cognitive and memory development, language development, social and emotional development, and motor development in children. The volume is an outgrowth of a workshop on longitudinal research in individual development, sponsored by the European Science Foundation. It reflects the many conceptual and methodological advances that have taken place in the application of longitudinal strategies to research in developmental psychology, and demonstrates the need for the longitudinal perspective in future research.

Foreword D. Magnusson
Preface A. De Ribaupierre
1. The study of transitions in development S. Hoppe-Graff
Part I. Cognitive Development: 2. Mechanisms of variation in developmental levels: cognitive and emotional transitions during adolescence K. Fischer
3. Universal trends and individual differences in memory development W. Schneider and F. E. Weinert
Part II. Language Development: 4. The role of social interaction in the transition from communication to language L. Camaioni
5. The transition from spoken to written language P. Bryant and J. Alegria
Part III. Social and Emotional Development: 6. Social transition in adolescence: a biosocial perspective H. Stattin and D. Magnusson
7. Developmental change in children's understanding of mixed and masked emotions P. Harris
8. The case of ambivalence: the interface between emotional and cognitive development G. Attili
Part IV. Motor Development: 9. Transition mechanisms in sensori-motor development C. Von Hofsten
10. On early coordinations and their future H. Bloch
11. On U-shaped and other transitions in sensori-motor development G. Butterworth
Epilogue: On the need for longitudinal studies in developmental psychology A. De Ribaupierre
Index.

Subject Areas: Psychiatry [MMH]