Child Development: Its Nature and CourseThis study presents contemporary issues in child development, featuring vignettes which narrate the lives of three fictionalized families and tell the story of development. Integrative themes and section summaries tie together basic concepts, research and developmental principles. |
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... youngsters over- come cognitive limitations , many can be taught to " discover " conservation before they normally would . In one study ( Bruner , Olver , and Greenfield , 1966 ) , the experimenter first presented children with the ...
... youngsters over- come cognitive limitations , many can be taught to " discover " conservation before they normally would . In one study ( Bruner , Olver , and Greenfield , 1966 ) , the experimenter first presented children with the ...
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... youngsters begin to in- tegrate their various ideas about the self into a coher- ent self - concept . In contrast to the preschooler , who sees the self largely in terms of physical traits , the elementary school child has a much more ...
... youngsters begin to in- tegrate their various ideas about the self into a coher- ent self - concept . In contrast to the preschooler , who sees the self largely in terms of physical traits , the elementary school child has a much more ...
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... youngsters from this and other forms of early egocentrism . Then , during adolescence , dramatic new cognitive abilities develop . Youngsters are now able to think about their own thinking and to consider abstract possibilities . This ...
... youngsters from this and other forms of early egocentrism . Then , during adolescence , dramatic new cognitive abilities develop . Youngsters are now able to think about their own thinking and to consider abstract possibilities . This ...
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