How the Child's Mind Develops

by David Cohen

Overview

How do we get from helpless baby to knowing teenager? What impact does iPads, social media, video games and evolving technology have on the way children's minds develop?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032602523
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/15/2024
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Cohen is a psychologist, film maker, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. His film on the Soham murders, When Holly Went Missing, was nominated for a BAFTA award.

Table of Contents

	List of illustrations	vii
	Introduction	1
1	The developing brain	9
2	The logical child: Piaget's theory of cognitive development	31
3	Egocentric or social animals? The work of Lev Vygotsky	57
4	The development of a moral sense	73
5	Other people and other minds	87
6	The development of memory	109
7	Measuring children's cognitive development	129
8	Nature or nurture?	149
9	Cognitive development in the classroom: Reading, writing and arithmetic	167
10	Television, toys and the child as consumer	183
	References	193
	Index	203

Editorial Reviews

"This book serves a number of varied audiences, including education professionals, academic audiences and all those connected with early years activities. It also provides a sound introduction for those working in health care contexts and would be ideal for individuals working in Children’s Centres. The book is equally of use to all primary school teachers and all those working in early years contexts. For academic audiences, the book could be used as a foundation and undergraduate level text ." (Kagari Shibazaki, University of Huddersfield)

"David Cohen's readable and stimulating waltz through the history of child psychology provides anecdotes, exercises, and ideas for parents and educators alike. The author covers major controversies, theories and debates in a friendly and outspoken manner and, in doing so, shows us the broad range and also the limitations of the classic explanations of, and research into, children's mental development." (Dr Nicky Hayes, psychologist and author, University of the Highlands and Islands)

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