| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 374 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I. Introduction : Developmental, Neurobiological, Genetic, and Family Considerations -- Development and Autism : Messages From Developmental Psychopathology / Jacob A. Burack [and others] -- Toward an Ecological Theory of Autism / Katherine A. Loveland -- A Developmental Perspective on Early Autism : Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Factors / Philip R. Zelazo -- The Functioning and Well-Being of Siblings of Children With Autism : Behavioral-Genetic and Familial Contributions / Nirit Bauminger, Nurit Yirmiya -- Neurobiology and Genetics of Autism : A Developmental Perspective / Kathleen Koenig, Katherine D. Tsatsanis, Fred R. Volkmar -- Part II. Attention and Perception -- The Development of Attention and Joint Attention in Children With Autism / Sue Leekam, Chris Moore -- Enhanced Perceptual Functioning in the Development of Autism / Laurent Mottron, Jacob A. Burack -- Reduced Generalization in Autism : An Alternative to Weak Central Coherence / Kate C. Plaisted -- Part III. Cognition, Theory of Mind, and Executive Functioning -- A Reexamination of the Theory of Mind Hypothesis of Autism / Helen Tager-Flusberg -- A Cognitive Complexity and Control Framework for the Study of Autism / Philip David Zelazo [and others] -- Autism : Specific Cognitive Deficit or Emergent End Point of Multiple Interacting Systems? / Dermot M. Bowler -- Social and Nonsocial Development in Autism : Where Are the Links? / Francesca Happe -- Executive Dysfunction in Autism : Its Nature and Implications for the Everyday Problems Experienced by Individuals With Autism / Claire Hughes -- Part IV. Social and Adaptive Behaviors -- Communicative Intentions and Symbols in Autism : Examining a Case of Altered Development / Lisa L. Travis, Marian Sigman -- Social Emotions and Social Relationships : Can Children With Autism Compensate? / Connie Kasari, Brandt Chamberlain, Nirit Bauminger -- Repetitive Behaviors and Social-Communicative Impairments in Autism : Implications for Developmental Theory and Diagnosis / Tony Charman, John Swettenham |
| Summary |
Dedicated to the memory and work of Lisa Capps, this volume is a forum for scholars and practitioners interested in the typical and atypical development of persons with autism. Each chapter is focused on theoretical considerations and the empirical eviden |
| Notes |
"This volume is the product of a symposium on the development of autism that was presented at the Fifth European Congress Of Psychology in Dublin, Ireland, in August 1997." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Autism -- Congresses
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Autism -- Etiology -- Congresses
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Schizophrenia.
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Autism
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Autism -- Etiology
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Electronic books
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burack, Jacob A.
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European Congress of Psychology (5th : 1997 : Dublin, Ireland)
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| ISBN |
0585384932 |
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9780585384931 |
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141060019X |
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9781410600196 |
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9781135669089 |
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1135669082 |
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9781135669034 |
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1135669031 |
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9781135669072 |
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1135669074 |
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9780805832457 |
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0805832459 |
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9781138866614 |
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113886661X |
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