Action in Social Context Perspectives on Early Development
This is a book about the development of action and skill in the first years of life. But it differs in an important way from most past treatments of the subject. The present volume explores how the development of ac tion is related to the contexts, especially the social ones, in which actions funct...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1989, 1989
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1989 |
| Series: | Perspectives in Developmental Psychology
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Skill and Context
- 2. Toward an Action-Based Theory of Infant Development
- 3. Self-Regulation and Motor Development in Preterm Infants
- 4. Contextual Influences on Imitative Interactions between Mothers and Infants
- 5. Object Manipulation in Infancy: Developmental and Contextual Determinants
- 6. Infant Play at One Year: Characteristics and Early Antecedents
- 7. Individual Differences in Environmental Exploration and Cognitive Mapping Skills: Early Development in Social Contexts
- 8. Pretense: Acting “As If”
- 9. The Big Picture for Infant Development: Levels and Variations