| Description |
ix, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction. Infancy as a field of study. Methods of studying infancy. The structure of the book -- 2. Physical and motor development before and after birth. Development before birth. Birth and beyond. Links with later chapters -- 3. Perceptual development. Visual perception of two-dimensional stimuli. Visual perception in three dimensions. Auditory perception. Intersensory coordination. Mechanisms underlying early perception -- 4. Cognitive development: Piaget and infancy. Piaget's sensori-motor theory. The construction of space and object concepts. Recent studies of infants' knowledge of objects. Spatial orientation in infancy. Imitation. Cognitive precursors of language. Conclusion: relations between perception and cognition -- 5. Social development. Person perception. Emotional development. Knowledge of self and others and the roots of a theory of mind. Attachment: the first relationships. Early communication: parent-infant interaction. Parent-infant interaction as a developmental process |
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The beginnings of language -- 6. Research, theory and images of infancy. Major themes. Conceptualizing development: direct perception and constructed understanding |
| Analysis |
Babies Development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-308) and index |
| Subject |
Infant psychology.
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Infants -- Development.
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Child Development.
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Psychology, Child.
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Infant.
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| LC no. |
93033988 |
| ISBN |
063118466X (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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