Readings on the development of children / by Mary Gauvain and Michael Cole

Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Ecological Models of Human Development -- 2. Perspectives on Children's Development from Cultural Psychology -- 3. The Stages of the Intellectual Development of the Child -- 4. Interaction Between Learning and Development -- 5. Children of the Garden Island -- Part I. In the Beginning -- 6. Neural Plasticity and Human Development -- 7. Behavioral Aspects of Intergenerational Human Cloning: What Twins Tell Us -- 8. Of Human Bonding: Newborns Prefer Their Mothers' Voices -- 9. Neonatal Behavior Among Urban Zambians and Americans -- 10. Temperament and the Reactions to Unfamiliarity -- Part II. Infancy -- 11. Early Rule Structure: The Case of "Peekaboo" -- 12. The Development of Infant Memory -- 13. Becoming a Native Listener -- 14. Early Experience and Emotional Development: The Emergence of Wariness of Heights -- 15. Patterns of Attachment in Two- and Three-Year-Olds in Normal Families and Families with Parental Depression -- 16. Facts, Fantasies and the Future of Child Care in the United States -- Part III. Early Childhood -- 17. From Communicating to Talking -- 18. The Credible Shrinking Room: Very Young Children's Performance with Symbolic and Nonsymbolic Relations -- 19. Belief-Desire Reasoning among Baka Children: Evidence for a Universal Conception of Mind -- 20. Cultural Differences in American and Mexican Mother-Child Pretend Play -- 21. Gender and Relationships: A Developmental Account -- Part IV. Middle Childhood -- 22. Cognitive Variability: A Key to Understanding Cognitive Development -- 23. The Role of Age versus Expertise in Peer Collaboration during Joint Planning -- 24. Children's Perceptions of Their Peer Experiences: Attributions, Loneliness, Social Anxiety, and Social Avoidance -- 25. How Asian Teachers Polish Each Lesson to Perfection -- 26. Gender Differences in Masking Negative Emotions: Ability or Motivation? -- 27. Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns -- Part V. Adolescence -- 28. Adolescent Storm and Stress, Reconsidered -- 29. Sleep Schedules and Daytime Functioning in Adolescents -- 30. Development of Logical Reasoning in the Context of Parental Style and Test Anxiety -- 31. Authority, Autonomy, and Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Cohesion: A Study of Adolescents From Mexican, Chinese, Filipino, and European Backgrounds -- 32. A Developmental Perspective on Antisocial Behavior.