Basic research

718 Pages·2010·5.089 MB·English

by  J Gavin Bremner, Theodore D Wachs

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of
Infant Development
Second Edition
Volume 1
Basic Research
Edited by J. Gavin Bremner and Theodore D. Wachs

A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication

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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of
Infant Development
Second Edition
Volume 1
Basic Research
Edited by J. Gavin Bremner and Theodore D. Wachs

A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication
This second edition fi rst published 2010
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The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of infant development / edited by J. Gavin Bremner and
Theodore D. Wachs. – 2nd ed.
p. ; cm. – (Blackwell handbooks of developmental psychology)

Other title: Handbook of infant development
Rev. ed. of: Blackwell handbook of infant development / edited by Gavin Bremner and Alan
Fogel. 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4051-7874-7 (set : hardcover : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-1-4443-3273-5 (v. 1 :
hardcover : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-1-4443-3274-2 (v. 2 : hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Infants–
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etc. I. Bremner, J. Gavin, 1949- II. Wachs, Theodore D., 1941- III. Blackwell handbook of
infant development. IV. Title: Handbook of infant development. V. Series: Blackwell handbooks
of developmental psychology.
[DNLM: 1. Child Development. 2. Infant Care. 3. Infant. WS 105 W676 2010]
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Contents
List of Contributors viii
Introduction to Volume 1: Basic Research 1
J. Gavin Bremner and Theodore D. Wachs
1 Historical Refl ections on Infancy 3
Alan Fogel
Part I Perceptual and Cognitive Development 33
Introduction 35

2 Visual Perception 40
Alan Slater, Patricia Riddell, Paul C. Quinn, Olivier Pascalis, Kang Lee,
and David J. Kelly
3 Auditory Development 81
Denis Burnham and Karen Mattock
4 Intermodal Perception and Selective Attention to Intersensory Redundancy:
Implications for Typical Social Development and Autism 120
Lorraine E. Bahrick
5 Action in Infancy – Perspectives, Concepts, and Challenges 167
Ad W. Smitsman and Daniela Corbetta
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6 Cognitive Development: Knowledge of the Physical World 204
J. Gavin Bremner
7 Perceptual Categorization and Concepts 243
David H. Rakison
8 Infant Learning and Memory 271
Carolyn Rovee-Collier and Rachel Barr
9 Functional Brain Development during Infancy 295
Mark H. Johnson
Part II Social Cognition, Communication, and Language 315
Introduction 317
10 Emerging Self-Concept 320
Philippe Rochat
11 The Importance of Imitation for Theories of Social-Cognitive Development 345
Andrew N. Meltzoff and Rebecca A. Williamson
12 Engaging Minds in the First Year: The Developing Awareness of
Attention and Intention 365
Vasudevi Reddy
13 Preverbal Communication 394
Andrew Lock and Patricia Zukow-Goldring
14 Early Language 426
George Hollich

Part III Social-Emotional Development 451
Introduction 453
15 Parent–Infant Interaction 458
Marc H. Bornstein and Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
16 Attachment in Infancy 483
Germán Posada and Garene Kaloustian
17 Early Social Cognitive Skills at Play in Toddlers’ Peer Interactions 510
Hildy Ross, Marcia Vickar, and Michal Perlman
Contents vii
18 Touch and Physical Contact during Infancy: Discovering the Richness
of the Forgotten Sense 532
Dale M. Stack
19 Emotion and its Development in Infancy 568
David C. Witherington, Joseph J. Campos, Jennifer A. Harriger,
Cheryl Bryan, and Tessa E. Margett
20 Temperament 592
Theodore D. Wachs and John E. Bates
21 Culture and Infancy 623
Charles M. Super and Sara Harkness
Author Index 650
Subject Index 684
Contents of Volume 2: Applied and Policy Issues 705
List of Contributors
Volume 1
Lorraine E. Bahrick, Florida International University.
Rachel Barr, Georgetown University.
John E. Bates, Indiana University Bloomington.
Marc H. Bornstein, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development.
J. Gavin Bremner, Lancaster University.
Cheryl Bryan, University of New Mexico.
Denis Burnham, University of Western Sydney.

Joseph J. Campos, University of California, Berkeley.
Daniela Corbetta, University of Tennessee.
Alan Fogel, University of Utah.
Sara Harkness, University of Connecticut.
Jennifer A. Harriger, University of New Mexico.
George Hollich, Purdue University.
Mark H. Johnson, Birkbeck College, University of London.
Garene Kaloustian, Lebanese American University.
David J. Kelly, Royal Holloway, University of London.