| Description |
1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Series |
International Texts in Developmental Psychology Series |
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International Texts in Developmental Psychology Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Visual and Motor Cognition in Typically Developing Infants and Children -- Chapter 1 Historical Theories on Movement and Visual Abilities in Children -- 1.1 Stage and Field Theory -- 1.2 Subjective and Objective Groupings in the Spatial Field -- 1.3 The Field as a Psychological Construct -- Chapter 2 Recent Theories on Movement and Visual Abilities in Children -- 2.1 Neo-Piagetian Theory -- 2.2 Dynamic Systems Theory and Embodied Cognition |
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2.3 Developmental Neural Networks -- 2.4 Conclusions -- Chapter 3 The A-not-B Task -- 3.1 Infants Make Curious Mistakes -- 3.2 Object Conservation: The A-Error -- 3.3 Spatial Perseveration: The A-not-B Error -- 3.4 The Occipital Factor: Spatial Coding in the A-not-B Task -- 3.5 Learning in the A-not-B Task -- 3.6 Motor Development and the A-not-B Error -- 3.7 Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Motor Development -- 4.1 Motor Development -- 4.2 Spatial Constraints on Motor Development -- 4.3 Spatial Affordances and End-State Comfort -- 4.4 Spatial Objects and Fields in Sports Games -- 4.5 Conclusions |
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Chapter 5 Drawing and Writing Development -- 5.1 Components of Drawing -- 5.2 Stages of Realism -- 5.3 The Construction of Pictorial Space -- 5.4 The Holistic Object -- 5.5 Fine Motor Skills in Drawing and Handwriting -- 5.6 Drawing, Flexibility and Creativity -- 5.7 Conclusions -- Chapter 6 Visual Search in Children -- 6.1 Development of Visual Attention -- 6.2 Principles of Visual Search -- 6.3 The Development of Visual Search -- 6.4 Learning in Visual Search -- 6.5 Applied Visual Search -- 6.6 Conclusions -- Chapter 7 Visual Memory Development in Children -- 7.1 Object and Place Memory |
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7.2 Concepts and Hebbian Learning in Object and Place Memory -- 7.3 Scene Memory -- 7.4 Conclusions -- Part II Visual and Motor Skills in Children with Developmental Problems -- Chapter 8 Motor and Visual Abilities in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) -- 8.1 Cognitive Functions in Children with ADHD -- 8.2 Fine and Gross Motor Skills in ADHD -- 8.3 Spatial Categories in Children with ADHD -- 8.4 Conclusions -- Chapter 9 Motor and Visual Abilities in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) -- 9.1 Cognitive Functions in Children with ASD -- 9.2 Development of Spatial and Motor Abilities in ASD |
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9.3 Spatial Categories in Children with ASD -- 9.4 Mapping vs. Stages: Early Visual Realism in Children with ASD -- 9.5 Conclusions -- Chapter 10 Motor and Visual Abilities in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) -- 10.1 Diagnosis of Children with DCD -- 10.2 Fine and Gross Motor Skills in Children with DCD -- 10.3 Motor Learning in Children with DCD -- 10.4 Conclusions -- Index |
| Summary |
This insightful book offers an accessible introduction to the development of visual abilities and motor skills in infants and children. Based on theory and cutting-edge up-to-date research about the development of non-verbal intelligence, it provides readers with essential knowledge about the foundations of typical and atypical development |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003859062 |
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1003859062 |
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