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Advances in Child Development and Behavior

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Table of contents
  • Copyright Pageiv
  • Contentsv
  • Contributorsvii
  • Prefaceix
  • Chapter 1. From Form to Meaning: A Role for Structural Alignment in the Acquisition of Language1
  • I. Introduction1
  • II. Syntactic Bootstrapping: How Does It Work?4
  • III. The Construction of Partial Sentence Structures30
  • IV. Conclusions: Verb Learning and Thematic Roles Revisited42
  • References46
  • Chapter 2. The Role of Essentialism in Children’s Concepts55
  • I. Introduction56
  • II. Evidence for an Early Essentialist Bias57
  • III. Origins of Essentialist Reasoning72
  • IV. Questions and Controversies85
  • V. Conclusions91
  • References92
  • Chapter 3. Infants’ Use of Prior Experiences with Objects in Object Segregation: Implications for99
  • I. Object Segregation100
  • II. Feature Integration Theory102
  • III. Feature Integration Theory in Infancy103
  • IV. Infants’ Recognition and Categorization of Objects105
  • V. General Method of Current Studies109
  • VI. Initial Study111
  • VII. Recognition-Based Process112
  • VIII. Categorization-Based Process120
  • IX. Summary and Conclusions127
  • References130
  • Chapter 4. Perseveration and Problem Solving in Infancy135
  • I. Introduction136
  • II. Perseveration in Memory-and-Motor Tasks137
  • III. Perseveration in Tasks Other Than Memory-and- Motor Tasks138
  • IV. A Problem-Solving Model of Infant Perseveration in Nonmemory and- Motor Tasks141
  • V. Perseveration in Support Tasks145
  • VI. Perseveration in Containment Tasks156
  • VII. Revisiting Infant Perseveration in Memory-and-Motor Tasks172
  • VIII. Concluding Remarks176
  • References177
  • Chapter 5. Temperament and Attachment: One Construct or Two?181
  • I. Introduction182
  • II. How Are Temperament and Attachment Similar and Different?182
  • III. What Is Temperament?184
  • IV. What Is Attachment?191
  • V. How Are Temperament and Attachment Related? A Theoretical Debate197
  • VI. Empirical Evidence on the Relations between Temperament and Attachment202
  • VII. Summary and Conclusions213
  • References214
  • Chapter 6. The Foundation of Piaget’s Theories: Mental and Physical Action221
  • I. Active and Passive Acquisition of Knowledge221
  • II. The Priority of Action223
  • III. Action Proper224
  • IV. Mental Representation228
  • V. The Logic of Meaning and Action238
  • VI. On Piaget’s Logical Models242
  • VII. Summary and Conclusions243
  • References245
  • Author Index247
  • Subject Index243
  • Contents of Previous Volumes263
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780120097272
  • ISBN-13 9780080524269

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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 27 discusses language acquisition, object recognition, temperament, attachment, infant problem solving, and Piaget's theory.