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Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Kail, Robert V.

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Table of contents
  • Contentsv
  • Contributorsix
  • Prefacexi
  • Chapter 1. The Search for What Is Fundamental in the Development of Working Memory1
  • I. Introduction2
  • II. Evidence of Developmental Change in Processing Parameters of Working Memory19
  • III. Conclusions, Observations, and Speculations34
  • References44
  • Chapter 2. Culture, Autonomy, and Personal Jurisdiction in Adolescent–Parent Relationships51
  • I. Introduction52
  • II. Cultural Views of Autonomy and Authority53
  • III. Morality, Social Convention, and Adolescent–Parent Conflict58
  • IV. Culture and Adolescents’ Reasoning about Conflict63
  • V. The Personal as a Domain of Knowledge65
  • VI. Mothers’ Beliefs about Children’s Personal Freedom69
  • VII. Shifts and Discrepancies in Adolescents’ Acceptance of Parental Conventions75
  • VIII. Autonomy from the Perspective of Research on Adolescent Development78
  • IX. Culture, Autonomy, and the Personal80
  • References81
  • Chapter 3. Maternal Responsiveness and Early Language Acquisition89
  • I. Introduction90
  • II. Children’s Language Experiences91
  • III. The Nature of Responsiveness93
  • IV. General Procedures for Studying Maternal Responsiveness and Children’s Language Development94
  • V. Does Responsiveness Matter above Total Amount of Language?96
  • VI. Does Maternal Responsiveness Predict the Timing of Children’s Language Achievements?99
  • VII. Is the Influence of Responsiveness on Child Language General or Specific?103
  • VIII. What is the Magnitude of Effects for Children Experiencing Extremes of Responsiveness?106
  • IX. Why Does Verbal Responsiveness Matter?115
  • X. Responsiveness and Language: Additional Considerations118
  • References123
  • Chapter 4. Schooling as Cultural Process: Working Together and Guidance by Children from Schools Dif129
  • I. Introduction130
  • II. A Cultural Comparison Focusing on Schooling Traditions133
  • III. Discussion of the Findings: Culture of Schooling in Shaping How Children Work Together and Guid148
  • References156
  • Chapter 5. Beyond Prototypes: Asymmetries in Infant Categorization and What They Teach Us about the161
  • I. Introduction162
  • II. Historical and Contemporary Views of Infant Development162
  • III. Infant Visual Preferences and Their Translation into Methodological Tools to Investigate Early163
  • IV. Perception in Service of Cognition164
  • V. Assessing Categorization in Young Infants165
  • VI. Asymmetries in Infant Categorization166
  • VII. Conclusion: Relation of Specific Findings to Knowledge Acquisition in General185
  • References188
  • Chapter 6. Peer Relations in the Transition to Adolescence195
  • I. Introduction195
  • II. Method205
  • III. Results and Discussion212
  • IV. Implications for Further Theory Development224
  • References227
  • Author Index231
  • Subject Index241
  • Contents of Previous Volumes247
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780120097296
  • ISBN-13 9780080493282
  • Author Kail, Robert V.
  • Category Medical
  • Subject Pediatrics

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Advances in Child Development and Behavior is intended to ease the task faced by researchers, instructors, and students who are confronted by the vast amount of research and theoretical discussion in child development and behavior. The serial provides scholarly technical articles with critical reviews, recent advances in research, and fresh theoretical viewpoints. Volume 29 discusses working memory, parent-adolescent relationships, maternal responsiveness and early language acquisition, early knowledge acquisition, schooling as a cultural process, and pre-adolescent peer relations.