Ebook: Formal Methods in Developmental Psychology: Progress in Cognitive Development Research

Current and comprehensive, Formal Methods in Developmental Psychology reviews and explains the advantages and details of recent methodological advances in developmental psychology. The latest progress in the use of mathematical and computer-based tools in the formulation of theories and data analysis are discussed. Individual chapters describe different approaches to computer simulation and to mathematical modeling, as well as the use of these models in a number of substantive areas including infant vision, perception of intelligence, spatial knowledge, and memory processes. This unique contribution to the "Springer Series in Cognitive Development" allows the reader a better understanding of the many forms of modeling through explicit descriptions of the steps involved in the use of various methods.

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Current and comprehensive, Formal Methods in Developmental Psychology reviews and explains the advantages and details of recent methodological advances in developmental psychology. The latest progress in the use of mathematical and computer-based tools in the formulation of theories and data analysis are discussed. Individual chapters describe different approaches to computer simulation and to mathematical modeling, as well as the use of these models in a number of substantive areas including infant vision, perception of intelligence, spatial knowledge, and memory processes. This unique contribution to the "Springer Series in Cognitive Development" allows the reader a better understanding of the many forms of modeling through explicit descriptions of the steps involved in the use of various methods.

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Current and comprehensive, Formal Methods in Developmental Psychology reviews and explains the advantages and details of recent methodological advances in developmental psychology. The latest progress in the use of mathematical and computer-based tools in the formulation of theories and data analysis are discussed. Individual chapters describe different approaches to computer simulation and to mathematical modeling, as well as the use of these models in a number of substantive areas including infant vision, perception of intelligence, spatial knowledge, and memory processes. This unique contribution to the "Springer Series in Cognitive Development" allows the reader a better understanding of the many forms of modeling through explicit descriptions of the steps involved in the use of various methods.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Structural Measurement Theory and Cognitive Development....Pages 1-37
The New Two-Stage Model of Learning: A Tool for Analyzing the Loci of Memory Differences in Intellectually Impaired Children....Pages 38-85
Learning a Cognitive Skill and Its Components....Pages 86-114
Formal Representation of Qualitative and Quantitative Reversible Operations....Pages 115-154
Implicit Theories: An Alternative to Modeling Cognition and Its Development....Pages 155-192
Modeling X-Linked Mediated Development: Development of Sex Differences in the Service of a Simple Model....Pages 193-215
Geometric Methods in Developmental Research....Pages 216-262
Computer Simulation, Cognition, and Development: An Introduction....Pages 263-301
Children’s Knowledge of Simple Arithmetic: A Developmental Model and Simulation....Pages 302-338
Mechanisms of Visual Development: An Example of Computational Models....Pages 339-371
Monte Carlo Simulation as a Method of Identifying Properties of Behavioral Organization....Pages 372-398
Back Matter....Pages 399-413

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Current and comprehensive, Formal Methods in Developmental Psychology reviews and explains the advantages and details of recent methodological advances in developmental psychology. The latest progress in the use of mathematical and computer-based tools in the formulation of theories and data analysis are discussed. Individual chapters describe different approaches to computer simulation and to mathematical modeling, as well as the use of these models in a number of substantive areas including infant vision, perception of intelligence, spatial knowledge, and memory processes. This unique contribution to the "Springer Series in Cognitive Development" allows the reader a better understanding of the many forms of modeling through explicit descriptions of the steps involved in the use of various methods.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Structural Measurement Theory and Cognitive Development....Pages 1-37
The New Two-Stage Model of Learning: A Tool for Analyzing the Loci of Memory Differences in Intellectually Impaired Children....Pages 38-85
Learning a Cognitive Skill and Its Components....Pages 86-114
Formal Representation of Qualitative and Quantitative Reversible Operations....Pages 115-154
Implicit Theories: An Alternative to Modeling Cognition and Its Development....Pages 155-192
Modeling X-Linked Mediated Development: Development of Sex Differences in the Service of a Simple Model....Pages 193-215
Geometric Methods in Developmental Research....Pages 216-262
Computer Simulation, Cognition, and Development: An Introduction....Pages 263-301
Children’s Knowledge of Simple Arithmetic: A Developmental Model and Simulation....Pages 302-338
Mechanisms of Visual Development: An Example of Computational Models....Pages 339-371
Monte Carlo Simulation as a Method of Identifying Properties of Behavioral Organization....Pages 372-398
Back Matter....Pages 399-413
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