Transition Mechanisms in Child Development: The Longitudinal Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780521371384 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 354 str.

Anik de Ribaupierre (Université de Genève)

Opis

This collection brings together the latest work in an important new area that has become the focus of major research in European developmental psychology: the longitudinal study of the interaction of cognition and emotions in child 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. An outgrowth of a workshop on longitudinal research in individual development, sponsored by the European Science Foundation, this volume reflects the many conceptual and methodological advances that have occurred in the application of longitudinal strategies to research in developmental psychology, and demonstrates the need for the longitudinal perspective in future research.

Spis treści

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.