Language, Memory, and Cognition in Infancy and Early Childhood

Janette B. Benson, Marshall M. Haith, Janette B. Benson, Marshall M. Haith

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2010
• ISBN:
  9780123785763
• Topic: Psychologie
• Subtopic: Neuropsychologie

Language, cognition, and memory are traditionally studied together prior to a researcher specializing in any one area. They are studied together initially because much of the development of one can affect the development of the others. Most books available now either tend to be extremely broad in the areas of all infant development including physical and social development, or specialize in cognitive development, language acquisition, or memory. Rarely do you find all three together, despite the fact that they all relate to each other. This volume consists of focused articles from the authoritative Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childood Development, and specifically targets the ages 0-3. Providing summary overviews of basic and cutting edge research, coverage includes attention, assessment, bilingualism, categorization skills, critical periods, learning disabilities, reasoning, speech development, etc. This collection of articles provides an essential, affordable reference for researchers, graduate students, and clinicians interested in cognitive development, language development, and memory, as well as those developmental psychologists interested in all aspects of development.

• Focused content on age 0-3- saves time searching for and wading through lit on full age range for developmentally relevant info
• Concise, understandable, and authoritative—easier to comprehend for immediate applicability in research

Subject Index

This index is in letter-by-letter order, whereby hyphens and spaces within index headings are ignored in the alphabetization, and it is arranged in set-out style with a maximum of three levels of heading. Major discussion of a subject is indicated by a bold page range.

A

Abstract reasoning/abstraction 385

constructions 195, 199

holophrases, development from 193

item-based, from 201

Academic achievement/performance

race 439

socioeconomic status effect 439

twins 511–512 See also Education; Learning; Schools/schooling

Accommodation

definition 381

Piaget’s cognitive-developmental theory 388

Accumulator model 122 See also Mathematical reasoning

Action

coordination See Coordination

goal-directed 370, 374

perception and See Perception–action coupling See also Behavior; Motor development; Reflex(es)

Action system(s)

definition 357, 369

object concept 363 See also Object concept

Active intermodal mapping (AIM), imitation 251

Adaptation/adaptive behavior

accommodation 381, 388

assessment 259

assimilation 381, 388

definition 256, 259

intellectual disability 258–259

Piaget’s cognitive-developmental theory 388

Adaptive response, perception–action coupling 371

ADHD See Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Adjustment

for prematurity

Bayley Scales of Infant Development 37, 41, 44 See also Adaptation/adaptive behavior

Adolescence

critical periods 138

prefrontal cortex deve...