| Description |
Electronic book |
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xiii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in cognitive perceptual development |
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Cambridge studies in cognitive perceptual development.
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| Contents |
1. Becoming mindful of biology and health: an introduction / Michael Siegal and Candida C. Peterson -- Pt. I. Development of biological understanding. 2. Children's understanding of mind-body relationships / Kayoko Inagaki and Giyoo Hatano. 3. How a naive theory of biology is acquired / Ken Springer. 4. Constructing a coherent theory: children's biological understanding of life and death / Virginia Slaughter, Raquel Jaakkola and Susan Carey -- Pt. II. Health issues. 5. What young children's understanding of contamination and contagion tells us about their concepts of illness / Charles W. Kalish. 6. Children and pain / John E. Taplin, Belinda Goodenough and Joan R. Webb / [et al.]. 7. Children and food / Leann Birch, Jennifer Fisher and Karen Grimm-Thomas. 8. The ethics of emaciation: moral connotations of body, self, and diet / Carol J. Nemeroff and Carolyn J. Cavanaugh -- Pt. III. Applications |
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9. Considering children's folkbiology in health education / Terry Kit-Fong Au, Laura F. Romo and Jennifer E. Dewitt. 10. Young children's understanding of the physician's role and the medical hearsay exception / Melody R. Herbst, Margaret S. Steward and John E. B. Myers / [et al.]. 11. Cognitive development and the competence to consent to medical and psychotherapeutic treatment / Candida C. Peterson and Michael Siegal |
| Notes |
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Dec 2011) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Biology -- Psychological aspects.
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Biology.
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Cognition in children.
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Health -- Psychological aspects.
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Health.
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| Author |
Peterson, Candida C. (Candida Clifford)
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Siegal, Michael.
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| LC no. |
99010567 |
| ISBN |
0521620988 |
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