The social context of cognitive development/
Mary Gauvain
- New York : Guilford , c2001.
- xx, 249 p. PB
PART 1. The Social Foundations of Cognitive Development Introduction The Social Foundalion of die Mind, 5 Remembering Childhood, 8 Concluding Thoughts, 17 Processes of Change: The "How" of Cognitive Development What Are the Mechanisms of Cognitive Development?, 20 What External Factors Have Been Implicated as Mechanisms of Cognitive Change?, 24 Social Processes as Mechanisms of Intellectual Growtli, 30 Social Processes of Cognitive Development, 34 Concluding Thoughts, 40 The Sociocultural Context of Cognitive Development Cognitive Development in Cultural Context, 44 Identifying die Origins of Higher Mental Fimctions in Social Activity, 47 Cognitive Socialization: Who's Involved?, 55 Concluding Thoughts, 62 PART n. The Development of Specific Higher Mental Functions in Social Context Acquiring Knowledge: Intersubjectivity, Joint Attention, and Social Referencing Attention and Its Development, 71 Social Experience and Early Aiicnlional Processes, 77 Concluding Thoughts. 101 Remembering: The Social Construction of the Past What Is Memor)' and Why Is It Important?, 104 Early Evidence of Remembering. 106 The Social Context of Memoiv Development, 109 Social Influences on the Development of Event and Strategic Memoiy, 114 Concluding Thoughts. I.S6 Solving and Learning to Solve Problems in Social Context What Is Problem Solving?, 139 Social Interaction and the Development of Problem Solving, 140 The Social C^onicxt of Problem-Solving Interaction, 163 Concluding Thoughts. 169 Constructing the Future: Planning in Social Context Planning and Its Development over Childhood, 174 Social Interaction and the Development of Planning, 177 Social Processes That Regulate (niildren's Opportunities to Learn about Planning from Experience with Others, 198 Ck)ncluding Thoughts, 205