Typical and Atypical Child Development 4 Cognition, Intelligence and Learning: (Topics from Child and Adolescent Psychology)

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to cognitive development in childhood and adolescence. It integrates insights from typical and atypical development to reveal fundamental aspects of human growth and development, and common developmental disorders.

The topic books in this series draw on international research in the field and are informed by biological, social and cultural perspectives, offering explanations of developmental phenomena with a focus on how children and adolescents at different ages actually think, feel and act. In this volume, Stephen von Tetzchner explains key topics including: theories of cognitive development; attention, memory and executive function; conceptual development and reasoning, theory of mind; intelligence; and learning and instruction.

Together with a companion website that offers topic-based quizzes, lecturer PowerPoint slides and sample essay questions, Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 4: Cognition, Intelligence and Learning is an essential text for all students of developmental psychology, as well as those working in the fields of child development, developmental disabilities and special education.

The content of this topic book is taken from Stephen von Tetzchner’s core textbook Child and Adolescent Psychology: Typical and Atypical Development. The comprehensive volume offers a complete overview of child and adolescent development – for more information visit www.routledge.com/9781138823396

Introduction

Part I Theories of Cognitive Development

1. 2. Cognition
   4. Domains, modules and activities
   6. Logical constructivism
   8. Information processing
   10. Nativism
   12. Social constructionism
   14. Disparity and integration

   15. Summary of Part I

       Core Issues

       Suggestions for further reading

       Part II Attention, Memory and Executive Function

   16. Basic Cognitive Functions
   18. Attention
   20. Memory
   22. Executive Functions

   23. Summary of Part II

       Core Issues

       Suggestions for further reading

       Part III Conceptual Development and Reasoning

   24. Concepts and Reasoning
   26. Early conceptions of space, time and causality
   28. Object concepts
   30. Reasoning
   32. Atypical development

   33. Summary of Part III

       Core Issues

       Suggestions for further reading

       Part IV Mind Understanding

   34. The Human Mind
   36. Visual perspective
   38. Private speech
   40. Early understanding of desires and beliefs
   42. Further development of mind understanding
   44. Individual and cultural differences
   46. Atypical development of mind understanding

   47. Summary of Part IIII

       Core Issues

       Suggestions for further reading

       Part V Intelligence

   48. The Concept of Intelligence
   50. Theories of intelligence
   52. Intelligence tests
   54. Stability and variation in IQ scores
   56. Nature, nurture and intelligence
   58. Gender differences
   60. Ethnicity and intelligence
   62. Changing norms: The Flynn effect
   64. School performance and intelligence
   66. Atypical development

   67. Summary of Part IV

       Core Issues

       Suggestions for further reading

       Part VI Learning and Instruction

   68. Learning and Adaptation
   70. Types of learning
   72. Two developmental perspectives on education
   74. Cooperation among children
   76. Atypical development: Learning disorders
   78. Learning disorders and mental disorders

Summary of Part VI

Core Issues

Suggestions for further reading

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

The individual topic books in the Topics from Child and Adolescent Psychology are drawn from Stephen von Tetzchner’s comprehensive core textbook, Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Praise for the core textbook:

‘Extremely useful text for students and practitioners alike.’ Dr. Graham Music, Consultant Psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic London, UK.

‘Illustrates how knowledge about typical and atypical development can be integrated and used to highlight fundamental processes of human growth and maturation.’ Dr. John Coleman, PhD, OBE, UK.