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How Children Develop Social Understanding
Contributor(s): Carpendale, Jeremy (Author), Lewis, Charlie (Author)
ISBN: 1405105496     ISBN-13: 9781405105491
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $123.70  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2006
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Annotation: This book provides a critical review of research into how children come to understand the social world, an area often known as children's "theories of mind."
* Takes an integrated approach to the development of children's social understanding
* Brings out the connections between mental state understanding and children's understanding of language, social skills, morality and emotions.
Sets research within a historical and theoretical context
* Contributes unique insights and perspectives, particularly in its discussions of Piaget and Vygotsky, and in its Wittgensteinian focus on the role of language.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent
- Psychology | Developmental - General
Dewey: 155.418
LCCN: 2005034215
Series: Understanding Children's Worlds
Physical Information: 1.14" H x 8.24" W x 9.12" (1.29 lbs) 336 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
This book provides a critical review of research into how children come to understand the social world, an area often known as children's theories of mind.
  • Takes an integrated approach to the development of children's social understanding
  • Brings out the connections between mental state understanding and children's understanding of language, social skills, morality and emotions.
    Sets research within a historical and theoretical context
  • Contributes unique insights and perspectives, particularly in its discussions of Piaget and Vygotsky, and in its Wittgensteinian focus on the role of language.