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Children′s Thinking - International Student Edition

Cognitive Development and Individual Differences

David F. Bjorklund

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SAGE Publications Inc
15 September 2022
Children's Thinking: Cognitive Development and Individual Differences, Seventh Edition by David Bjorklund presents current, thorough research studies and data to show the effects of biology, and both physical and social environments on children's cognitive development.
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Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   7th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Height: 231mm,  Width: 187mm, 
Weight:   1.350kg
ISBN:   9781071895344
ISBN 10:   1071895346
Pages:   800
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Chapter 1. Introduction to Cognitive Development Chapter 2. Biological Bases of Cognitive Development Chapter 3. Social Construction of Mind: Sociocultural Perspectives on Cognitive Development Chapter 4. Infant Perception and Cognition Chapter 5. Thinking in Symbols: Development of Representation Chapter 6. Learning to Think on Their Own: Executive Function and Strategies Chapter 7. Memory Development Chapter 8. Problem Solving and Reasoning Chapter 9. Language Development Chapter 10. Social Cognition Chapter 11. Schooling and Cognitive Development Chapter 12. Approaches to the Study of Intelligence Chapter 13. Origins, Modification, and Stability of Intellectual Differences

David F. Bjorklund is a Professor of Psychology at Florida Atlantic University where he teaches courses in developmental and evolutionary psychology. He received a BA degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1971), an MA degree in Psychology from the University of Dayton (1973), and a Ph.D. degree in Developmental Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1976). He received an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor philosophiae honoris causa) in 2015 from the University of Bern, Switzerland. He served as Associate Editor of Child Development (1997-2001) and is currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (since 2007). He has published widely on the topics of cognitive development and evolutionary developmental psychology. His most recent books include How Children Invented Humanity: The Role of Development in Human Evolution (Oxford); Child Development in Evolutionary Perspective (Cambridge); Evolutionary Perspectives on Infancy (Springer, co-edited with Sybil Hart); and The Development of Children’s Memory: The Scientific Contributions of Peter A. Ornstein (Cambridge, co-edited with Lynne Baker-Ward and Jennifer Coffman). He lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife Barbara and enjoys traveling, cooking, playing basketball, and kayaking.

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