Social Cognitive Development In Context

Author : Felicisima C. Serafica
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317540182

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Social-Cognitive Development in Context by Felicisima C. Serafica Pdf

The relationship between the cognitive and social spheres of human functioning and their context has long been regarded by social and behavioural scientists as a central theoretical issue. By the early 1980s a number of empirical studies had further elucidated the nature of this relationship but no attempt had been made to present a coherent picture of the research and developments in this increasingly popular area of study. Originally published in 1982, the topics covered in this book filled the gap admirably. They present a view of the development of aspects of the self and of self-other relations and how these two lines of development interact within a given context. All the contributions attempt to portray the child’s developing awareness of the self in relation to the social world, but all consider it from different perspectives and in varying degrees of detail. This useful collection, by a number of well-known contributors, should still be of great value to students of developmental and social psychology.

Author : Mary Gauvain
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1572306106

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The Social Context of Cognitive Development by Mary Gauvain Pdf

Traditional approaches to cognitive development can tell us a great deal about the internal processes involved in learning. Sociocultural perspectives, on the other hand, provide valuable insights into the influences on learning of relationship and cultural variables. This volume provides a much-needed bridge between these disparate bodies of research, examining the specific processes through which children internalize the lessons learned in social contexts. The book reviews current findings on four specific domains of cognitive development--attention, memory, problem solving, and planning. The course of intellectual growth in each domain is described, and social factors that support or constrain it are identified. The focus throughout is on how family, peer, and community factors influence not only what a child learns, but also how learning occurs. Supporting her arguments with solid empirical data, the author convincingly shows how attention to sociocultural factors can productively complement more traditional avenues of investigation.

Author : Barbara Rogoff,Jean Lave
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Cognition
ISBN : UOM:39076000687835

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Everyday Cognition by Barbara Rogoff,Jean Lave Pdf

Author : Robert Cohen,Alexander W. Siegel
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317784401

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Context and Development by Robert Cohen,Alexander W. Siegel Pdf

The purpose of this book is to explore meaningful integrations of developmental processes and functioning with conceptualizations of "context" -- a term traditionally denoting physical settings, social arenas, or perceptual or social backdrops in relation to a focal point. However, the study of context has taken a considerably more unique and vibrant form in recent years -- the term is becoming more than a substitute for background independent variables. Rather, the contributions of context to behavior, thought, feelings -- and vice versa -- are becoming central issues in many research domains. This text is a collection of empirical and theoretical accounts for understanding context; its focus is on integrating the study of context with the science of developmental psychology. Although the authors work in many different areas of the field, and with different populations, they all converge on a central methodological/conceptual theme of contextualism, which is presented as the dynamic integration of intraindividual factors with environmental and social/environmental factors.

Author : Fran C. Blumberg,Patricia J. Brooks
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780128097090

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Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts by Fran C. Blumberg,Patricia J. Brooks Pdf

Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts investigates the impact of screen media on key aspects of children and adolescents’ cognitive development. Highlighting how screen media impact cognitive development, the book addresses a topic often neglected amid societal concerns about pathological media use and vulnerability to media effects, such as aggression, cyber-bullying and Internet addiction. It addresses children and adolescents’ cognitive development involving their interactions with parents, early language development, imaginary play, attention, memory, and executive control, literacy and academic performance. Covers the impact of digital from both theoretical and practical perspectives Investigates effects of digital media on attention, memory, language and executive functioning Examines video games, texting, and virtual reality as contexts for learning Explores parent-child interactions around media Considers the development of effective educational media Addresses media literacy and critical thinking about media Considers social policy for increasing access to high quality education media and the Internet Provides guidance for parents on navigating children’s technology usage

Author : Suzanne Hala
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317775010

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The Development of Social Cognition by Suzanne Hala Pdf

The Development of Social Cognition presents a lively, up-to-date examination of both the classical issues and contemporary understanding of theory and research in social cognitive development. The initial chapters highlight one of the central, theoretical tensions in the field, which is whether the development of understanding people is fundamentally different from understanding things. Subsequent chapters are devoted to development across specific areas of social cognition from infancy through to adolescence. The text ends with a comprehensive examination of the development of moral aspects of social cognition.

Author : Janette Benson,Catherine Raeff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781134591336

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Social and Cognitive Development in the Context of Individual, Social, and Cultural Processes by Janette Benson,Catherine Raeff Pdf

Several recent analyses have focused on how social and cultural factors shape development, but less well understood are the individual constructive processes involved in this interplay. This volume showcases varied theoretical and empirical approaches to how individual, social and cultural factors shape development, and suggests new directions for future scholarship.

Author : Pascal Huguet,Jean-Marc Monteil
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134840779

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Social Context and Cognitive Performance by Pascal Huguet,Jean-Marc Monteil Pdf

Based on twenty years of research on the social regulation of academic performances, this book offers theoretical and empirical arguments in favour of the inclusion of the social dimension of human beings as essential for their cognitive activities. We all engage in social interactions, compare ourselves with other people, belong to social groups, and are the object of a myriad of categorisations. Not only do such social experiences affect cognition, but they actually determine its form and its content. Several experiments indeed reveal that cognitive performance depends on the relationship between the individual and the social context in which cognition takes place. And this relationship is not forged directly by features of the situation, but rather by personal construals of these features (most notably social comparison). This fact alone justifies granting the individual's social experiences a psychological status and it further strengthens the key idea of this book, namely that the social context only exists through the intervention of cognitive processes of contextualization (producing a "cognitive context of the self") such as those involved in autobiographical memory. A "social psychology of cognition" is suggested, in which the fashionable distinction between cognition and social cognition makes no sense. From this innovative perspective it is indeed more the social nature of the individual rather than that of the object to be processed that defines the social nature of cognition. Well-known phenomena such as social facilitation and social loafing as well as established educational practices are also re-examined from this perspective.

Author : Virginia Slaughter,Marc de Rosnay
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317608332

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Theory of Mind Development in Context by Virginia Slaughter,Marc de Rosnay Pdf

Theory of Mind Development in Context is the first book of its kind to explore how children’s environments shape their theory of mind and, in turn, their ability to interact effectively with others. Based on world-leading research, and inspired by the ground-breaking work of Candida Peterson, the original collected chapters demonstrate that children’s understanding of other people is shaped by their everyday environment. Specifically, the chapters illustrate how theory of mind development varies with broad cultural context, socioeconomic status, institutional versus home rearing, family size, parental communication style, and aspects of schooling. The volume also features research showing that, by virtue of their condition, children who are deaf or who have an autism spectrum disorder function in environments that differ from those of typical children and this in turn influences their theory of mind. Although much important research has emphasized the role of nature in theory of mind development, this book highlights that children’s understanding of other people is nurtured through their everyday experiences and interactions. This perspective is essential for students, researchers, and practitioners to gain a complete understanding of how this fundamental skill develops in humans. The book is invaluable for academic researchers and advanced students in developmental psychology, education, social psychology, cognitive psychology, and the social sciences, as well as practicing psychologists, counselors, and psychiatrists, particularly those who deal with disorders involving social and/or communicative deficits.

Author : Felicisima C. Serafica
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317540175

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Social-Cognitive Development in Context by Felicisima C. Serafica Pdf

The relationship between the cognitive and social spheres of human functioning and their context has long been regarded by social and behavioural scientists as a central theoretical issue. By the early 1980s a number of empirical studies had further elucidated the nature of this relationship but no attempt had been made to present a coherent picture of the research and developments in this increasingly popular area of study. Originally published in 1982, the topics covered in this book filled the gap admirably. They present a view of the development of aspects of the self and of self-other relations and how these two lines of development interact within a given context. All the contributions attempt to portray the child’s developing awareness of the self in relation to the social world, but all consider it from different perspectives and in varying degrees of detail. This useful collection, by a number of well-known contributors, should still be of great value to students of developmental and social psychology.

Author : Michael A. Forrester
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317775379

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The Development of Young Children's Social-Cognitive Skills by Michael A. Forrester Pdf

Understanding how young children begin to make sense out of the social world has become a major concern within developmental psychology. Over the last 25 years research in this area has raised a number of questions which mirror the confluence of interests from cognitive-developmental and social-developmental psychology. The aims of this book are to consider critically the major themes and findings within this growing social-cognitive developmental research, and to present a new theoretical framework for investigating children's social cognitive skills. Beyond being the first major review of the literature in this area, this synopsis articulates why contemporary theoretical ideas (e.g. information processing, Piagetian and social interactionist) are unlikely ever to provide the conceptual basis for understanding children's participative skills. Building upon ideas both within and beyond mainstream developmental psychology, the "eco-structural" approach advocated seeks to draw together the advantages of the ecological approach in perceptual psychology with the considerable insights of the conversational analysts, child language researchers and Goffman's analysis of social interaction. This convergence is centred around the dynamic and participatory realities of engaging in conversational contexts, the locus for acquiring social cognitive skills. The framework provides the building blocks for models of developmental social cognition which can accommodate dynamic aspects of children's conversational skills. This book then is a review of an important area of developmental psychology, a new perspective on how we can study children's participatory social-cognitive skills and a summary of supporting research for the framework advocated.

Author : Philip David Zelazo,Michael Chandler,Eveline Crone
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136647994

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Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience by Philip David Zelazo,Michael Chandler,Eveline Crone Pdf

This volume in the JPS Series is intended to help crystallize the emergence of a new field, "Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience," aimed at elucidating the neural correlates of the development of socio-emotional experience and behavior. No one any longer doubts that infants are born with a biologically based head start in accomplishing their important life tasks––genetic resources, if you will, that are exploited differently in different contexts. Nevertheless, it is also true that socially relevant neural functions develop slowly during childhood and that this development is owed to complex interactions among genes, social and cultural environments, and children’s own behavior. A key challenge lies in finding appropriate ways of describing these complex interactions and the way in which they unfold in real developmental time. This is the challenge that motivates research in developmental social cognitive neuroscience. The chapters in this book highlight the latest and best research in this emerging field, and they cover a range of topics, including the typical and atypical development of imitation, impulsivity, novelty seeking, risk taking, self and social awareness, emotion regulation, moral reasoning, and executive function. Also addressed are the potential limitations of a neuroscientific approach to the development of social cognition. Intended for researchers and advanced students in neuroscience and developmental, cognitive, and social psychology, this book is appropriate for graduate seminars and upper-level undergraduate courses on social cognitive neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, social development, and cognitive development.

Author : Bruce D. Homer,Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317778127

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The Development of Social Cognition and Communication by Bruce D. Homer,Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda Pdf

For young children, two of the most important tasks they face are learning how to communicate and learning how to think about themselves and the social world around them. The premise of this book is that these two tasks are inherently linked. The communicative routines and language that children learn enable new modes of cognition, which in turn allow for more complex social interactions. The model of early child development that emerges is one in which equal importance is given to the socio-cultural context in which children are developing, and to the role played by children in actively constructing their own knowledge. The book is organized into four thematic sections, each introduced by an integrative overview. The first section, "Language and Cognition," examines the function of language in young children's lives. The second section, "Intentionality and Communication," explores young children's understanding of intentions and their verbal and non-verbal communication. The third section, "Theory of Mind and Pedagogy," examines the ways in which developments in cognitive and communicative skills transform children's participation in the process of teaching and learning. The final section, "Narrative and Autobiographical Memory," looks at the effects of narrative on young children's understanding of themselves and their world. This book will be of great interest to anyone concerned with young children's learning and development.

Author : Joan M. Lucariello,Judith A. Hudson,Robyn Fivush,Patricia J. Bauer
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-07-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135626723

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The Development of the Mediated Mind by Joan M. Lucariello,Judith A. Hudson,Robyn Fivush,Patricia J. Bauer Pdf

This volume is a festschrift for Katherine Nelson, an NYU professor who was a pioneer in infant perception and memory. The "mediated mind" is a term coined by Dr. Nelson and it refers to how cognitive development is mediated by the sociocultural context, including language and social interaction. The impact of Nelson's views on the sociocultural basis of cognition and her functionalist perspective on cognitive development are evident in the collection of chapters in this book. The contributors--all leaders in the field of cognitive development--examine ways in which cognition is embedded in everyday, meaningful activities and the role of social context and cultural symbol symptoms, such as language and text influence children's developing concepts and thought. The concept of the mediated mind is examined from a variety of perspectives, including research in concept development, memory development, language learning, the development of literacy, narrative analysis, and children's theory of mind. The significant contribution of this volume is that it addresses all aspects of the mediated mind. Memory--both autobiographical and event-semantic--theory of mind, mental representation, temporality, narrative, and metalinguistic awareness comprise the chapter topics. The breadth of topics represented is a tribute to the impact Nelson's vision has on many developmental "domains." The contributors acknowledge and honor her work. Her theory and research paved the way for the advances in understanding a mediated mind that are evident and that will continue to shape notions of how the human mind develops and evolves within a social, interactive world.

Author : Willis F. Overton
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134921416

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The Relationship Between Social and Cognitive Development by Willis F. Overton Pdf

Published in the year 1983, The Relationship Between Social and Cognitive Development is a valuable contribution to the field of Developmental Psychology.