Conventionality in Cognitive Development - How Children Acquire Shared Representations in Language, Thought,

Klappentext This is the 115th volume of the quarterly report series "New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development" (NDCAD). The mission of the series is to provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues and concepts in the field of child and adolescent development. Each volume focuses on a specific "new direction" or research topic, and is edited by an expert or experts on that topic. Zusammenfassung An important part of cognitive development is coming to think in culturally normative ways. Children learn the right names for objects! proper functions for tools! appropriate ways to categorize! and the rules for games. In each of these cases! what makes a given practice normative is not naturally given.

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• Authors: Cad, Charles W. Sabbagh Kalish, Chuck W. Sabbagh Kalish, Larson
• Assisted by: Charles W. Kalish (Editor), Chuck W. Kalish (Editor), Mark A. Sabbagh (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2007
• EAN: 9780787996970
• ISBN: 978-0-7879-9697-0
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: New Directions for Child & Ado; J-B CAD Single Issue Child & Adolescent Development; New Directions for Child & Ado
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology