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Zusatztext This is one of those rare books that promises to change the way that psychologists view the central problem of developmental psychology. . .Siegler provides a cogent and convincing argument that variability is a constant in thought at all levels and provides the key to cutting through to the problem of cognitive change. In addition to providing a wide range of examples showing the centrality of adaptive variability in children's thinking at all levels, Siegler describes a methodology for describing developmental change as it progresses. Few will be able to read it without considering how to apply this model and methods to their own domain of interest. This book will serve as a handbook for anyone who wants to take up the challenge of taking development seriously. Klappentext This book includes a critique of traditional ways of viewing cognitive-developmental change, a proposed alternative framework, and illustrations of the benefits that the alternative framework can bring. Zusammenfassung How do children acquire the vast array of concepts, strategies and skills that distinguish the thinking of infants and toddlers from that of pre-schoolers, older children and adolescents? The author explores children's thinking, viewing development from within an evolutionary framework. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Whose Children are we Talking About? 2: Evolution and Cognitive Development 3: Cognitive Variability: The Ubiquity of Multiplicity 4: Strategic Development: Trudging up the Staircase or Swimming with the Tide 5: The Adaptivity of Multiplicity 6: Formal Models of Strategy Choice or Plasterers and Professors 7: How Children Generate New Ways of Thinking 8: A New Agenda for Cognitive Development
