Ebook: Origins of Intelligence: Infancy and Early Childhood
- Tags: Psychotherapy, Behavioural Sciences
- Year: 1983
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Since the first edition of this volume was published in 1976, interest in the problem of intelligence in general and infant intelligence in particu lar has continued to grow. The response to the first edition was hearten ing: many readers found it a source of information for the diverse areas of study in infant intelligence. Because of the success of that volume, we have decided to issue a second edition. This edition is in many ways both similar to and different from the first. Its similarity lies in the fact that many of the themes and many of the contributors remain the same. Its difference can be found in the updating of old chapters and the addition of several new ones. Taken together, the chapters present a rounded picture of the cen tral issues in infant intelligence. Because the aim was to present a picture of the issues, no attempt, other than the selection of authors and themes, can be made to integrate these chapters into a single coherent whole. In large part, this reflects the diversity of study found in the area of early intellectual behavior. Rather than having a comprehensive theo ry of infant intelligence, the field abounds with a series of critical ques tions. To unite these chapters into some coherence, it will be necessary to articulate what these issues might be. Five major themes run through out the field of infant intelligence and thus through this volume.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
On the Nature of Intelligence....Pages 1-24
Origins of Infant Intelligence Testing....Pages 25-66
Measuring Mental Abilities in Infancy....Pages 67-105
A Conceptual Approach to Early Mental Development....Pages 107-133
Organization of Sensorimotor Intelligence....Pages 135-189
An Evolutionary Perspective on Infant Intelligence....Pages 191-223
Early Learning and Intelligence....Pages 225-254
Environmental Risks in Fetal and Neonatal Life as Biological Determinants of Infant Intelligence....Pages 255-304
Social Intelligence and the Development of Communicative Competence....Pages 305-326
Culture and Intelligence in Infancy....Pages 327-345
Social Class and Infant Intelligence....Pages 347-398
Temperament—Intelligence Reciprocities in Early Childhood....Pages 399-421
Looking Smart....Pages 423-449
Motivation and Cognition in Infancy....Pages 451-477
Mental Retardation....Pages 479-519
Back Matter....Pages 521-535
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
On the Nature of Intelligence....Pages 1-24
Origins of Infant Intelligence Testing....Pages 25-66
Measuring Mental Abilities in Infancy....Pages 67-105
A Conceptual Approach to Early Mental Development....Pages 107-133
Organization of Sensorimotor Intelligence....Pages 135-189
An Evolutionary Perspective on Infant Intelligence....Pages 191-223
Early Learning and Intelligence....Pages 225-254
Environmental Risks in Fetal and Neonatal Life as Biological Determinants of Infant Intelligence....Pages 255-304
Social Intelligence and the Development of Communicative Competence....Pages 305-326
Culture and Intelligence in Infancy....Pages 327-345
Social Class and Infant Intelligence....Pages 347-398
Temperament—Intelligence Reciprocities in Early Childhood....Pages 399-421
Looking Smart....Pages 423-449
Motivation and Cognition in Infancy....Pages 451-477
Mental Retardation....Pages 479-519
Back Matter....Pages 521-535
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