TY - BOOK AU - Richardson,Ken TI - Models of cognitive development SN - 0203219198 AV - BF723.C5 R525 1998eb U1 - 155.4/13 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Hove, East Sussex, UK PB - Psychology Press KW - Cognition in children KW - Child development KW - Cognition KW - Children KW - Infants KW - Child Development KW - Child KW - Infant KW - Models, Psychological KW - Cognition chez l'enfant KW - Enfants KW - Développement KW - Nourrissons KW - Psychologie KW - Méthodes de simulation KW - cognition KW - aat KW - children (people by age group) KW - infants KW - PSYCHOLOGY KW - Developmental KW - bisacsh KW - Psychotherapy KW - Child & Adolescent KW - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232)-and indexes; Chapter 1 Nativist models -- chapter 2 Associationist models -- chapter 3 Constructivist models -- chapter 4 Sociocognitive models -- chapter 5 Models mixed and models new N2 - In spite of its obvious importance and popularity, the field of cognitive development remains highly fragmented, scientifically. Instead of theoretical convergence towards a generally accepted set of principles, there remains a vast diversity of models of what knowledge and reasoning are, and how they develop. Courses and books tend to deal with this perplexing situation by simply presenting students with either a specific, favoured line, or by offering selections from the theoretical salad. As a result, students have great difficulty in obtaining a cohesive picture of the area. They are frequently bewildered by the diversity of schools, frameworks and approaches, with seemingly little connection between them. More seriously, they are deprived of a critical grasp of the area, and thus forced into a habit of early selectivity, rote memory of specific models in isolation, and regurgitation at exams. This in turn deprives the area of cognitive development of important critical impetus for future improvement. Models of Cognitive Development is an attempt to overcome these problems. It does this by arguing that the vast diversity of theories or models can be organised into groups according to a much smaller set of underlying assumptions or preconceptions, which themselves can be historically interrelated. By understanding these, students may be helped to find their way more confidently around the area as a whole, to see the 'wood' as well as the theoretical forest, and thus find themselves in a position to react to individual models more positively and more critically. Such criticism may, in turn, assist theoretical progress and unity in the future. Models of Cognitive Development covers all the contemporary theoretical and research strands in the area, with numerous examples, in a clear and straightforward manner, and should be useful to all students, researchers, and comparative theoreticians in the area-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=80092 ER -