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This book consists of 31 papers focusing on aspects of child development. Mainly reports of research, papers are grouped topically into four sections dealing respectively with perceptual, language/communication, cognitive, and social development. Most of the nine papers in section 1 focus on the perceptual development of infants. Topics include visual perception of movement, object concept, Piagetian and Gibsonian theories, mismatched sensory information, looking and listening, bimodal perception, and manipulative skill. Also included are studies of contrast sensitivity among children and adolescents and investigations of touch and vision among preschool children. The eight papers in section 2 report on language and communication skills, mainly among preschool and elementary school children. Discussed are spatial/temporal relationships, reading strategies, dichotic listening, linguistic experience, word segmentation skills, racial and social class influences on verbal information seeking, visual language training, and classroom communication. Specific problems addressed include spelling difficulties, poor reading, delayed language, aphasia, and mental retardation. The seven articl

Author

Andrew R Nesdale; National Conference on Child Development

Publisher

University of Western Australia ; Distributed by Scholarly Book Services

Published

1981

Language

EN

ISBN

9780959416107

Subjects

Psychology, Medical, Medicine