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Handbook of Child Psychology: Cognition, Perception, and Language: v. 2 6th Edition
Author(s): William Damon (Editor), Richard M. Lerner (Editor), Deanna Kuhn (Editor), Robert S. Siegler (Editor)
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Publication Date: 9 Jun. 2006
- Edition: 6th
- Language: English
- Print length: 1072 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780471272892
- ISBN-13: 9780471272892
Book Description
Volume 2: Cognition, Perception, and Language, edited by Deanna Kuhn, Columbia University, and Robert S. Siegler, Carnegie Mellon University, covers mechanisms of cognitive and perceptual development in language acquisition. It includes new chapters devoted to neural bases of cognition, motor development, grammar and langauge rules, information processing, and problem solving skills.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Deanna Kuhn, Department of Human Development, Teachers College, Columbia University
Robert Siegler, Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Editors–in–Chief
Dr. Damon is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute, the director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and a professor of education at Stanford University. He has written several books, many book chapters, and numerous articles on child development and adolescence and is editor–in–chief of New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (Jossey–Bass).
Dr. Lerner is Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science at the Eliot–Pearson Department at Tufts University. He is the author of many publications, including the Handbook of Psychology, Volume 6, Developmental Psychology, and Pathways to Positive Development about Diverse Youth, New Directions for Youth Development: Theory, Practice, and Research (Jossey–Bass). Dr Lerner is also a past editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence.