Research Issues in Child Development

ISBN-13: 9781138501010 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 224 str.

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First published in 1986, this authoritative book contains a selection of original, research based, reports of studies conducted in Australia and New Zealand in the field of Child Development. The topics have been arranged into four major sections – cognitive issues in development, language and reading development, perpetual motor development and social aspects of development. Both pure and applied research issues are presented, and the chapters cover child development from infancy to adolescence.

The book’s special strength lies in the diversity of topics tackled and the range of developmental research represented. Theoretical viewpoints are raised and empirical questions answered in the studies reported. The editors have systematically drawn together important contributions which reflected contemporary topics in child development at the time. Although no one common theoretical or empirical theme unites either each section or the whole book (which reflects the general scope and diversity of child development in the 1980s), the contributors in general see the child as developing through active interaction with his or her environment. This interactionist position is clearly preferred by most researchers, who realised that simplistic genetic or environmental models are inadequate to explain the complex development of the child.

The editors were all active researchers in the area of child development at the time and each co-authored a chapter in the book. All published regularly in national and international journals and books, and were aware of current developments in their main areas of expertise.

All those interested in issues in child development will find this book important reading, as it provides the reader with an excellent and diverse selection of studies, bearing on a wide range of empirical research.

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Contributors.  Preface.  Section 1: Cognitive Issues in Development  1. The Effects of Prenatal and Postnatal Twin Environments on Development  2. Cognitive Functioning of Children Born with Very Low Birth Weight  3. Search for Sounding Objects by One-Year-Old Infants  4. Failure on Piagetian Tasks: Misinterpretation of the Question?  5. The Effect of Context on the Memory Performance of Children  6. Children’s Collaboration and Conflict in Dyadic Problem Solving  7. Scholastic Ability in Left-Handers  8. Adolescents’ Organisational Strategies for Planning Errands  Section 2: Language and Reading Development  9. On Children’s Comprehension of Metaphor  10. Children’s Understanding of Ironic Utterances  11. Phonological Awareness and Learning to Read  12. Syntactic Processing in Children Varying in Reading Skill Profile  13. Do Twins and Singletons Have Similar Language and Reading Problems?  Section 3: Perceptual Motor Development  14. Development of Perceptual Motor Abilities in Children from 5 Years to Adults  15. Perceptual Motor Development in Children’s Drawing Skill  16. Vestibular-Postural and Oculomotor Control Problems in Learning Disabled Children  Section 4: Social Aspects of Development  17. Daycare, Rules and the Heteronomy Construct  18. Reflection-Impulsivity and Delay of Gratification Choice  19. Parental Attitudes to Early Childhood Care  20. Parents’ Satisfaction with Progress and Beliefs About Stability of Traits  21. ‘Difficult’ and ‘Easy’ Periods for Young Siblings of Disabled People  22. Social Distance and Life Goals as Bases for Intergenerational Perceptions.