Development Psychology

List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Plates. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I: History and Developmental Theory:. 1. Introduction to Developmental Functions: Darwin Muir. 2. A Biographical Sketch of an Infant: Charles Darwin. 3. Baby in a Box: B. F. Skinner. 4. The Stages of the Intellectual Development of a Child: J. Piaget. 5. The Connectionist Infant: Would Piaget Turn in His Grave?: Annette Karmiloff--Smith. Part II: Continuity--Discontinuity and Nature--Nurture Issues:. 6. Can Measures of Infant Information Processing Predict Later Intellectual Ability?: Alan Slater. 7. Biological Bases of Childhood Shyness: J. Kagan, S. Reznick and N. Snidman. 8. The Genetic Basis of Complex Human Behaviors: R. Plomin, M. Owen and P. McGuffin. Part III: Perception and Cognition:. 9. Of Human Bonding: Newborns Prefer their Mothersa Voices: T. DeCasper and W. Fifer. 10. Listening to Speech in the First Year of Life: J. Werker and R. Desjardins. 11. Pattern and Space Perception in Young Infants: D. Muir, D. Humphrey and G. Humphrey. 12. Imitation of Facial and Manual Gestures by Human Neonates: A. Meltzoff and M. Moore. 13. Resolving the Debate about Early Imitation: A. Meltzoff and M. Moore. Part IV: Memory, Learning and Cognition:. 14. Reactivation of Infant Memory: C. K. Rovee--Collier, M. W, Sullivan, Mary Enright, D. Lucas and J. W. Fagan. 15. Rapid Change in the Symbolic Functioning of Very young Children: J. S. DeLoache. 16. Deception in 3--year--olds: M. Lewis, C. Stanger and M. W. Sullivan. 17. How Suggestible are Preschool Children? Cognitive and Social Factors: Stephen J. Ceci and Mary Lyn Crotteau Huffman. 18. Development of Childrena s Knowledge about the Appearance--Reality Distinction: J. Flavell. 19. Children as Folk Psychologists: The Developing Understanding of the Mind: K. Lee and B. Homer. 20. Development of Intuitive Theories of Motion: Curvilinear Motion in the Absence of External Forces: M. K. Kaiser, M. McCloskey and D. R. Proffitt. Part V: Language

Alan Slater is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Exeter. Darwin Muir is Professor of Psychology at Queena s University in Kingston, Ontario.

"This is the book of readings in psychology that instructors have been looking for. Slater and Muir have assembled a set of influential and interesting articles. It is a beautifully organized reader that will be a terrific resource for all courses in developmental psychology." Professor Andrew Meltzoff, University of Washington <!----end----> "...gives students insights beyond what is normally presented in developmental texts...In a task that is daunting just for the sheer number of articles published, they have chosen an array that both captures the diversity of research done in the field and conveys the excitement of those who conduct this research." APA Review of Books, October 2000<!----end---->